Overview

• Two federal officials told NBC News Bolton is expected to face federal charges soon, with one saying an indictment could come next week.
• Acting U.S. Attorney Kelly Hayes has conveyed internally that she sees a reasonable basis to proceed, with options including a quick complaint or a grand jury indictment.
• A Maryland grand jury has been reviewing evidence for weeks on whether Bolton improperly retained national security information at his Bethesda home.
• FBI agents searched Bolton’s home and D.C. office in August, seizing devices and documents, after a warrant grounded in CIA-provided intelligence was approved by a judge.
• A heavily redacted affidavit includes a fully blacked-out section titled “Hack of Bolton’s AOL Account by Foreign Entity,” which sources say reflects a foreign-intelligence discovery that helped trigger the probe.