FBI raids former National Security Adviser John Bolton's home: Reports

The FBI raided the home of John Bolton, President Trump's former national security adviser, on Friday morning, multiple outlets reported. Why it matters: Bolton was vocal in his criticism of the president after working in the first Trump administration. Trump has aggressively used the power of the presidency to punish political foes.The FBI and White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment. Driving the news: The raid is part of a high-profile national security probe involving classified documents, according to the New York Post, which first reported the news. A federal magistrate judge in Maryland approved the search, ABC News reported. Bolton said he was unaware of the FBI activity, CNN reported. What we're watching: "NO ONE is above the law," FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X Friday morning, without reference to a specific situation. "FBI agents on mission."Zoom out: In January, Trump stripped Bolton's security protections along with those of other political adversaries. In a foreword to his memoir that published last year Bolton wrote that "a mountain of facts demonstrates that Trump is unfit to be President."Flashback: Publication of Bolton's memoir was delayed in 2020 as the White House reviewed its content. The administration sued Bolton in federal court claiming he breached his contract by failing to complete a pre-publication review for classified information. The Justice Department in 2021 closed its criminal investigation into whether Bolton disclosed classified information in his memoir. "This is a complete vindication," Bolton told Axios at the time. "They're just giving up."A federal judge allowed Bolton to publish the book, but ruled that he "likely published classified materials" and "exposed his country to harm and himself to civil (and potentially criminal) liability."Context: Bolton has faced death threats from Iran after being a fierce critic of the regime. In 2022, an Iranian national was charged in connection with a plot to assassinate Bolton. Go deeper: First look: John Bolton's predictions for a second Trump termEditor's note: This story has been updated with details.

Comments

World news

National Post

Parents blocked from teaching their kids to swim in public pools in Vancouver

about 1 hour ago

National Post

Carney says Canada will drop most retaliatory tariffs on U.S.

about 1 hour ago

Independent

Trump team plans to review all 55 million foreigners in US with valid visa for ‘safety threats’ and or ‘supporting terrorists’

about 1 hour ago

Ukraine unveils devastating new ‘Flamingo’ cruise missile that can strike deep inside Russia

Independent

Utah therapist convinced ‘vulnerable’ patient to strip down and do handstands in front of him under ‘guise of’ counseling, authorities say

about 1 hour ago

Unlicensed Florida dentist arrested after customers complain about botched veneer surgery

Independent

Noem’s demand for sign-off on $100,000-plus Homeland Security expenses is delaying operations ‘critical to protecting national security’: report

about 3 hours ago

Reform in secret talks with civil servants to prepare Farage for power

The i Paper

Comments

Similar News

FBI raids home of John Bolton, Trump’s ex-national security adviser

FBI raids home of Trump adviser-turned-critic John Bolton in ‘national security probe’

Trump’s new co-FBI deputy director once tried to subpoena abortion patients’ records

Bongino to work alongside ‘co-deputy director’ of FBI after sparring with administration over Epstein files

FBI gets 2 co-deputy directors: Missouri AG tapped to serve alongside Bongino

Jeanine Pirro turned down the FBI job that went to Dan Bongino, report says

Some blue cities in red states have the nation's highest homicide rates, FBI number show

FBI returns stolen document signed by conquistador Hernán Cortés to Mexico

FBI returns stolen conquistador document to Mexico

Trump stirs far-right rage despite FBI deprioritizing extremist threat

FBI sending 120 agents into DC streets as Trump targets carjacking and crime in capital

‘Texas law does not apply in Illinois’: Gov. JB Pritzker draws line in sand as FBI ‘hunts down’ runway Democrats

FBI and NSPCC alarmed at ‘shocking’ rise in online sextortion of children

William H Webster, former director of FBI and CIA, dies aged 101

Democrats investigate FBI effort to "hunt down" Texas legislators

FBI fires more top officials who investigated Trump

What Texas redistricting fight means as FBI joins hunt for absent Democrats

Trump administration ousts FBI official who refused to name agents who investigated January 6

Nation's violent crime rate fell in 2024 to lowest in 20 years, new FBI numbers show

Democrats refuse to return to Texas as Trump threatens FBI involvement

World news

Parents blocked from teaching their kids to swim in public pools in Vancouver

Carney says Canada will drop most retaliatory tariffs on U.S.

Trump team plans to review all 55 million foreigners in US with valid visa for ‘safety threats’ and or ‘supporting terrorists’

Ukraine unveils devastating new ‘Flamingo’ cruise missile that can strike deep inside Russia

Putin is not ready to meet Zelensky for talks, says Lavrov in blow to Trump

Trump claims friend too scared to walk ten blocks now dining out four nights in a row

Delta flight diverted after passenger goes into labor - ‘It was pretty nuts’

Right-wing pundit urges MAGA to stop calling everything ‘woke’ amid Cracker Barrel backlash

Armed police burst into classroom to arrest student over gun in dramatic footage

Utah therapist convinced ‘vulnerable’ patient to strip down and do handstands in front of him under ‘guise of’ counseling, authorities say

Unlicensed Florida dentist arrested after customers complain about botched veneer surgery

Beaches closed in Spanish holiday spot after dangerous and rare sea slug spotted

Teacher goes viral with classroom song about sexual consent

Watch Spanish army tackle devastating wildfires from the sky in plane cockpit footage

FBI raids home of former Trump official-turned-critic John Bolton

Noem’s demand for sign-off on $100,000-plus Homeland Security expenses is delaying operations ‘critical to protecting national security’: report

Reform in secret talks with civil servants to prepare Farage for power

Trump hands out pizzas to National Guard troops as he claims DC now ‘a different city’

China says it stands with India against ‘bully’ Trump’s trade tariffs

Fears for more victims as new bodies exhumed from doomsday cult graves

Why have Hamas-Israel ceasefire talks stalled as IDF troops push into Gaza City?

Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be released from jail. What happens next?

FBI raids home of Trump adviser-turned-critic John Bolton in ‘national security probe’

OnlyFans owner paid $700 million in dividends ahead of sale of brand

Trump’s education secretary Linda McMahon makes Long Island high school’s mascot a ‘top priority’

Why is 4Chan so controversial? The online message board clashing with Ofcom

All the people targeted by crackdown on child benefit claims

I got divorced at 52 – don’t stay in a miserable marriage for your kids

The Wirral seaside town set to be the next flashpoint in the asylum crisis

The UK is in no position to help Ukraine – and Putin knows it

Famine officially confirmed in Gaza – what happens now

Alexander Dragonetti: I was a UK Diplomat – this is what Zelenksy should do next

Is Trump a socialist?

This cash experiment cut child deaths in half. Here&#8217;s the catch.

How to see Vox articles first on Google

This hidden tax will drain billions from the world’s poorest families

Bolivia Says ‘No MAS’

Europe’s ‘Peace Through Strength’ Hypocrisy

Berlin's newest panda twins, Leni and Lotti, celebrate their 1st birthday

Italian divers water-blast the popular underwater statue of Christ off Portofino to clean it

Australian and Philippine defense chiefs meet as disputes simmer over the South China Sea

Five bodies are exhumed from shallow graves in Kenya near a doomsday cult site

Niger army says it killed a senior Boko Haram leader in a targeted airstrike

Russian attack on western Ukraine hits an American factory during the US-led push for peace

Democrats police their word police: Read the list

FBI raids former National Security Adviser John Bolton's home: Reports

Famine in Gaza confirmed by hunger monitor for first time since war started

Inside the life-saving maternity ward at risk from Trump’s aid cuts

Ghanaian singer Shatta Wale questioned in US luxury car probe

Zelensky accuses Russia of deliberate attack on US-owned factory

Man accused of taking wolf to bar before killing it faces two years in prison

Man arrested over Rufus Du Sol attack which saw woman knocked unconscious

Immigration to U.S. declines for first time in 50 years amid Trump crackdown, study shows

Boeing fighter jet crashes and bursts into flames moments after taking off

Famine in Gaza officially declared by UN-backed group monitoring world hunger

Children are starving in Sudan – it’s time the world took notice

Tour guide dies after collapsing in searing heat while showing group around Rome’s Colosseum

This cash experiment cut child deaths in half. Here’s the catch.