Overview

• Justice Department teams have been finalizing an indictment alleging mishandling of classified information, according to court filings and CNN reporting.
• Investigators are scrutinizing diary-like notes Bolton drafted to himself in an AOL email account while he was national security adviser and whether they contained national defense information.
• U.S. intelligence concluded years ago that the AOL account was compromised by a foreign entity, identified in reporting as likely Iran, a finding cited in redacted affidavits supporting August searches.
• The FBI searched Bolton’s Bethesda home and Washington office on August 22 and seized multiple devices and paper records bearing classified markings.
• Two federal judges approved the warrants; Bolton has not been charged, his lawyer denies wrongdoing, and manuscript-review talks over his 2020 book could be part of the evidence.