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FBI Raids John Bolton’s Home in Classified-Records Investigation

The court-approved search reflects a revived classified-records inquiry that outlets link to his 2020 memoir.

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FILE - National security adviser John Bolton talks to reporters about Venezuela, outside the White House, May 1, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci File)
FILE - Then National security adviser John Bolton speaks to media at the White HouseJuly 31, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster File)
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Overview

  • Agents executed a 7 a.m. search at Bolton’s Bethesda, Maryland residence as part of a national security investigation seeking classified records, multiple outlets report.
  • The FBI said it was conducting court-authorized activity and reported no threat to public safety, and Bolton was not detained or charged, according to the Associated Press and NBC News.
  • A federal magistrate judge in Maryland signed the search warrant, ABC News and the New York Times reported.
  • FBI Director Kash Patel posted “NO ONE is above the law… @FBI agents on mission,” a message echoed by Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
  • Reporting traces the inquiry to earlier scrutiny of Bolton’s 2020 memoir that was later halted and subsequently revived this year, and accounts differ on whether he was home during the search.