FBI raids John Bolton’s home and office over classified documents probe: report

The FBI agents, Betsda, Maryland, the home of former National Security Adviser John Bolton on Friday morning, represents a new point of tension in his difficult relationship with president Donald Trump. The agents also raided the Bolton office.

According to what was reported, the reason behind the raids was linked to the allegations that Bolton sent secret documents to his family from a special email while working at the White House, according to the New York Post. Post was martyred with a Trump administration official, who said that the FBI director, Cash Pateel, ordered the raid.

The port also stated that the unknown search orders are not determined indicating a debate about his notes to establish a pattern of behavior. However, a senior US official said the probe was a “clean break” of the investigation regarding Bolton’s book.

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Soon after the start of the raid, Patel wrote on X that “no one is above the law … [FBI] Agents in a mission. “

The deputy director of the FBI, the publication of the publication, participated, “The general corruption will not be tolerated.”

Bolton, who served the first Trump administration, was not arrested or detention. Trump canceled his security statement and the details of the secret service in January 2025.

Trump was asked about the raid on Friday and said he did not know this early, claiming that he saw this on television. Then the president explained his contempt for the former National Security Adviser.

“I am not a fan of John Bolton. It is a real low life,” Trump told reporters. Bolton’s invitation continued “not a smart man,” and said, “It could be very non -national.”

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The president also said that Bolton was “a very quiet person with the exception of TV if he could say something bad about Trump.”

On Friday, Vice President JD Vance “Meet the Press” told “We are in the very early stages of the ongoing investigation of John Bolton.” Vans denied that Bolton was targeted to criticize Trump.

A source familiar with the Bolton raid and the evidence used to justify Fox News said that “Bolton had already had some nerves to attack Trump because of his dealings with the classified information,” but he will not give more details.

This image in the file of a lawsuit was filed by the Ministry of Justice on August 30, 2022, and it was partially revised by the FBI, a picture of the documents that were seized during August 8, 2022, in search of the FBI head of the President of the Federal Investigation Council, Donald Trump in Florida. (Ministry of Justice via AP)

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Bolton criticized dealing with Trump with classified documents after the FBI raided Mar Lajo in 2022. Trump was later charged on 37 felony charges, which expanded to 40 before the case was dropped in July 2024.

During the first Trump administration, the investigation of the classified documents was launched but was later closed by the Biden Administration. The Ministry of Justice argued that Bolton’s notes for 2020, “the room where it happened” contains secret materials and tried to prevent it from publishing them.

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The FBI and Polton’s Bureau refused to comment on the matter.

Reports by Axios, Fox News’ Michael Dorgan, David Spunt, Breanne Deppisch, EMMA WoodHead and Brooke Singman.