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FBI Searches John Bolton’s Home in Court-Authorized National Security Probe

Investigators are examining possible mishandling of classified material connected to the former adviser’s records.

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)
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FILE - Then National security adviser John Bolton speaks to media at the White HouseJuly 31, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster File)

Overview

  • Agents began the search around 7 a.m. Friday at Bolton’s Bethesda, Md., residence, with a separate search reported at his Washington office.
  • An FBI spokesperson said agents were conducting court‑authorized activity, and ABC reported a federal magistrate judge in Maryland approved the warrant.
  • Bolton was neither detained nor charged, and the warrant materials remain sealed as the investigation continues.
  • FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X that “NO ONE is above the law… @FBI agents on mission,” while President Trump said he had no advance knowledge and criticized Bolton.
  • The inquiry revives scrutiny linked to Bolton’s 2020 memoir, which faced earlier classified‑information reviews that the Justice Department closed in 2021.