Overview

• Newly released inventories from the August 22 search of Bolton’s Washington office list documents marked secret, confidential, and classified, including references to weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. Mission to the U.N., and a strategic communications plan.
• Agents also searched his Bethesda residence that morning, seizing multiple devices plus a binder titled “statements and reflections to allied strikes” and folders labeled “Trump I–IV.”
• The warrants, approved by U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya, sought evidence of potential violations of 18 U.S.C. §793 and §1924 concerning retention or handling of national defense information.
• Court filings reference intelligence indicating a foreign hack of Bolton’s AOL email, which investigators cited in a warrant affidavit to support probable cause for the searches.
• Bolton’s attorney says the marked records date to 1998–2006 from his prior government service, while DOJ conducts forensic and classification reviews with no charges filed.