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FBI brokers raided the Bethesda, Md., house of former nationwide safety adviser John Bolton on Friday morning, marking a brand new rigidity level in his troublesome relationship with President Donald Trump. Brokers additionally raided Bolton’s D.C. workplace.
The explanation behind the raids was reportedly linked to a probe of allegations that Bolton despatched categorized paperwork to his household from a non-public e-mail server whereas working on the White Home, in response to the New York Submit. The Submit cited a Trump administration official who mentioned FBI Director Kash Patel ordered the raid.
The outlet additionally reported that yet-to-be-unsealed search warrants reference an argument over his memoir to ascertain a sample of habits. Nevertheless, a senior U.S. official advised the Submit the probe was a “clear break” from the investigation concerning Bolton’s ebook.
Former Nationwide Safety Advisor John Bolton’s house in Maryland and workplace in Washington, D.C., have been raided by the FBI on Aug. 22, 2025. (Getty Photographs)
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Shortly after the raid started, Patel wrote on X that “nobody is above the legislation… [FBI] brokers on a mission.”
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino shared the put up and wrote, “Public corruption won’t be tolerated.”
Bolton, who served in Trump’s first administration, has not been arrested or taken into custody. Trump revoked his safety clearance and Secret Service element in January 2025.
Trump was requested in regards to the raid on Friday and mentioned he didn’t find out about it forward of time, claiming he noticed it on tv. The president then made clear his disdain for his former nationwide safety adviser.
“I’m not a fan of John Bolton. He’s an actual lowlife,” Trump advised reporters. He went on to name Bolton “not a sensible man” and mentioned “he might be very unpatriotic.”
White Home Nationwide Safety Advisor John Bolton, proper, listens to President Donald Trump as he and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte speak to reporters within the Oval Workplace on the White Home July 18, 2019, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs)
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The president additionally mentioned Bolton was “a really quiet particular person besides on tv if he can say one thing unhealthy about Trump.”
Vice President JD Vance advised “Meet the Press” on Friday that “we’re within the very early phases of an ongoing investigation into John Bolton.” Vance denied Bolton was being focused for criticizing Trump.
A supply conversant in the Bolton raid and the proof used to justify it advised Fox Information Digital that “Bolton actually had some nerve to assault Trump over his dealing with of categorized info,” however wouldn’t give extra particulars.
This picture contained in a court docket submitting by the Division of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and redacted partially by the FBI, reveals a photograph of paperwork seized in the course of the Aug. 8, 2022, search by the FBI of then-former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. (Division of Justice through AP)
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Bolton criticized Trump’s dealing with of categorized paperwork after the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago in 2022. Trump was later indicted on 37 felony counts, which expanded to 40 earlier than the case was dropped in July 2024.
Throughout Trump’s first administration, a probe into categorized paperwork was launched however later shut down by the Biden administration. The Justice Division argued that Bolton’s 2020 memoir, “The Room The place it Occurred,” contained categorized materials and tried to dam it from being printed.
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The FBI and Bolton’s workplace declined to touch upon the matter.
Reporting contributed by Axios and Fox Information’ Michael Dorgan, David Spunt, Breanne Deppisch, Emma Woodhead and Brooke Singman.
