BREAKING: FBI Raids Home of Trump’s Former National Security Adviser

The FBI raided John Bolton’s home Friday morning reportedly in search of classified documents. Bolton served as national security adviser during President Donald Trump’s first term in office.  

Agents arrived at Bolton’s Maryland home around 7 a.m. Bolton is not currently under arrest or in custody. 

About the same time the agents began searching Bolton’s home, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X, “NO ONE is above the law… FBI agents on mission.” And Dan Bongino, deputy FBI director, shared Patel’s post with the comment, “Public corruption will not be tolerated.”  

“America’s safety isn’t negotiable,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X Friday morning. “Justice will be pursued. Always.”  

Later Friday morning, Fox News Digital reported agents were seen taking boxes from Bolton’s Washington, D.C. office while Bolton was in the lobby.

During the first Trump administration, the Justice Department claimed that Bolton’s 2020 memoir, “The Room Where It Happened,” included classified national security information. The DOJ sought to prevent the book’s publication, but a federal judge allowed the memoir to be published.  

A civil lawsuit and criminal inquiry into Bolton ensued, but in June 2021, the Biden administration dropped the probe into the former national security adviser.  

Bolton and Trump’s relationship began breaking down during Trump’s first administration as the two men became increasingly misaligned on their approach to national security issues. Trump fired Bolton in 2019.

Around the time the raid on Bolton’s home was underway, Bolton took to X to criticize Trump’s negotiations for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.  

“Russia has not changed its goal: drag Ukraine into a new Russian Empire,” Bolton wrote. “Moscow has demanded that Ukraine cede territory it already holds and the remainder of Donetsk, which it has been unable to conquer. Zelenskyy 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.”  

The FBI declined The Daily Signal’s request for comment.  

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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