Trump, speaking at an impromptu press conference, denied prior knowledge of the raid, stating, “I don’t want to know. I tell Pam ‘you do what you have to do.’ I don’t want to know about it.” He added, “I could know about it. I could be the one starting it. I’m actually the chief law enforcement officer,” before mocking Bolton as “not a smart guy” and potentially “very unpatriotic.”