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There are no indicators as of yet that Bolton, who was\u00a0Trump’s national security adviser from 2018 to 2019, has been arrested or taken into custody.<\/p>\n
“NO ONE is above the law,”<\/strong>\u00a0FBI Director Kash Patel\u00a0posted<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0X Friday morning, but without giving direct reference to the Bolton house raid. “FBI agents on mission.”<\/p>\n According to NY Post, which first revealed\u00a0the raid<\/a>:<\/p>\n Federal agents went to Bolton\u2019s house in Bethesda, Md., at 7 a.m. in an investigation ordered by\u00a0FBI Director Kash Patel<\/strong>, a Trump administration official told The Post.<\/em><\/p>\n …The probe \u2014 which is said to involve classified documents \u2014\u00a0was first launched years ago, but the Biden administration shut it down \u201cfor political reasons,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0according to a senior US official.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The FBI are reportedly sorting through papers and boxes:<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Federal agents are RIGHT NOW in John Bolton’s home “going through things” following an early morning FBI RAID in the DC area over national security concerns.<\/p>\n Yes. We did, indeed, vote for this.<\/p>\n This is Bolton’s primary residence.<\/p>\n “This deals with classified\u2026\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/PmIOAxTgtA<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh)\u00a0August 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Trump has been a longtime fierce critic of Bolton, after Bolton had long ago started going after Trump. Just this week, Bolton was on CNN and prime news shows blasting Trump’s dealings with Putin and the Ukraine negotiations.<\/p>\n “I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a peace deal anywhere in the near future,” he said while criticizing the commander-in-chief’s tactics while recently speaking to CNN.<\/p>\n Back in January Bolton had been among former top officials, and Trump adversaries, to get their\u00a0costly security protections stripped.<\/strong><\/p>\n Axios also recalls that Bolton\u00a0wrote<\/a>\u00a0in a foreword to his memoir that was published last year the words:\u00a0“a mountain of facts demonstrates that Trump is unfit to be President.”<\/p>\n Publication of the book had been delayed so that the White House could review its content for any potential security breaches or disclosure of sensitive information.<\/p>\n NO ONE is above the law\u2026\u00a0@FBI<\/a>\u00a0agents on mission<\/p>\n \u2014 FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash)\u00a0August 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Bolton’s DC office also raided, he was spotted at the office\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/mbigemyz8q<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Svetlana Lokhova (@RealSLokhova)\u00a0August 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Mainstream media is being quick to suggest the house raid is an act of retribution.\u00a0“<\/b>Bolton was vocal in his\u00a0criticism\u00a0of the president after working in the first Trump administration. Trump has\u00a0aggressively used the power of the presidency\u00a0to punish political foes,”\u00a0Axios<\/a>\u00a0observes.<\/p>\n\n
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