FORMER National Security Advisor John Bolton has had his home raided by the feds as part of a classified documents probe, reports say.
Footage showed agents wearing FBI jackets with bright orange lettering trooping up to his home in Maryland.
ReutersFormer National Security Advisor John Bolton’s home was raided by federal agents on Friday morning[/caption]
Agents were seen storming the Bethesda, Maryland homeAFP or licensors
People also gathered outside the propertyReuters
Bolton, 76, served in Donald Trump’s first administration between 2018 and 2019 and he has been an arch critic of Trump since he left the White House.
The raid happened at the Bethesda, Maryland, property at 7am on Friday, as reported by The New York Post.
Kash Patel, the current FBI director, then warned “no one is above the law.”
“FBI agents on a mission,” he said.
The Mail has reported that Bolton was at home at the time of the raid.
He has not been arrested or taken into custody.
The investigation is thought to be related to classified documents, according to The Post.
Around 30 minutes after the raid, a post was uploaded to Bolton’s X account, where he warned about Vladimir Putin’s imperialistic goals when it comes to Ukraine.
“Russia has not changed its goal: drag Ukraine into a new Russian Empire,” the post said.
“Moscow has demanded that Ukraine cede territory it already holds and the remainder of Donetsk, which it has been unable to conquer. Zelensky will never do so.
“Meanwhile, meetings will continue because Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize, but I don’t see these talks making any progress.”
Bolton was previously accused of including classified information is his 2020 book The Room Where It Happened.
Trump tried to sue Bolton before the book hit the shelves over claims a non-disclosure agreement was breached.
The politician has served under four Republican presidents.
He worked in the Reagan Administration as Assistant Administrator of USAID for Program and Policy Coordination, and in the Office for Legislative Affairs.
Bolton served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs between May 1989 and January 1993 under then-president George H.W. Bush.
He was US Ambassador to the United Nations under George W. Bush, serving between August 2005 and December 2006.
Almost 12 years later, Bolton was named as National Security Advisor under Trump.
But, the pair clashed on topics such as Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea.
Before Bolton left the White House, he and Trump clashed over the commander-in-chief should host Taliban leaders at Camp David – a presidential retreat in Maryland, located around 60 miles from Washington DC.
Trump announced he had asked Bolton to leave his Administration in a post on X.
But, Bolton said he had written a resignation letter.
“Thank you for having afforded me this opportunity to serve our country,” he told Trump.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST TRUMP
In 2022, Bolton seemed to suggest he would declare his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
It was part of a bid to stop Trump from winning the party’s nomination.
Weeks before the election, Bolton told CNN he would cast a protest vote.
He was planning to write Dick Cheney’s name on the ballot but then he endorsed Kamala Harris.
“It’s caused me to reassess whether to vote for Dick,” he admitted.
“I’m looking to vote for a conservative Republican, and I certainly think Dick is a conservative Republican.
“If he were to win, you know, not much chance of that, I suppose, I don’t think he’d put Kamala Harris in his cabinet,” he said about Cheney endorsing Harris.”
SECURITY DETAILS CANCELED
Trump canceled Bolton’s security details after he returned to the presidency in January.
More than 40 ex-intelligence officials had their clearances revoked by Trump.
Trump slammed Bolton when he explained why he removed the security privileges.
“I thought he was a very dumb person, but I used him well because every time people saw me come into a meeting with John Bolton standing behind me, they thought that he’d attack them because he was a warmonger,” Trump said.
Meanwhile, Bolton told The Hill he was disappointed by Trump’s decision, but said he wasn’t surprised.
GettyBolton watches as world leaders surround Trump at a G7 summit in June 2018[/caption]
GettyBolton with Trump in the Oval Office in 2019[/caption]
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