Overview

• An unsealed court filing states agents located documents marked classified during the August 22 search of John Bolton’s Washington, D.C., office.
• The inventory lists references to weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, and government strategic communications, with folders labeled confidential and some pages marked secret.
• Agents also searched Bolton’s Bethesda home the same morning and seized a white binder titled “statements and reflections to Allied Strikes,” four folders labeled “Trump I–IV,” and multiple electronic devices for forensic review.
• Search warrants sought evidence of three felony offenses, including potential violations of the Espionage Act and the unauthorized retention of classified material, according to court records.
• The warrants were approved by a federal magistrate judge, the investigation remains active, and authorities offered no further comment on next steps.