Overview

• FBI agents entered Bolton’s Bethesda, Maryland home early Friday, with reporters on scene documenting the search.
• Agents also searched a Washington, D.C. office he uses, and Bolton was at that location during the operation, according to AP.
• Reporting links the action to an inquiry into possible improper possession or disclosure of classified material tied to disputes over his 2020 memoir, after a Justice Department lawsuit was dropped in 2021.
• FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X that “no one is above the law” as agents carried out the operation, though authorities have not detailed the investigative basis.
• Bolton was not arrested, and the New York Post first reported the raid, which was subsequently corroborated by other outlets and eyewitnesses; the move comes after President Trump earlier revoked Bolton’s classified access and ended his Secret Service protection.