FBI Executes Dawn Raid at John Bolton’s Maryland Home in Security Probe

By Michael Dorgan , David Spunt , Breanne Deppisch , Emma Woodhead | Fox News

FBI agents raided the Maryland home of former National Security Advisor John Bolton on Friday morning, Fox News Digital has learned.

Fox News Digital later spotted agents at Bolton’s Washington, D.C., office removing boxes and Bolton was seen in the lobby of the building.

The searches are focused on potential classified documents agents believe Bolton may still possess, according to one source.

Bolton, who served as President Donald Trump’s national security advisor from 2018 to 2019, is not in custody or under arrest. Trump said he was not aware of the raid ahead of time and said he found out about it on the news.

Federal agents reportedly busted into Bolton’s house in Bethesda, Maryland, at around 7 a.m. local time in an investigation ordered by FBI Director Kash Patel, who took to X with a cryptic post minutes later.

“NO ONE is above the law… @FBI agents on mission,” he wrote without directly referencing the raid.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino shared the post and wrote, “Public corruption will not be tolerated.”

Meanwhile, Attorney General Pam Bondi also warned, “America’s safety isn’t negotiable. Justice will be pursued. Always.”

“He’s not a smart guy, but he could be very unpatriotic,” Trump said. “I mean, we’re going to find out. I know nothing about it. I just saw it this morning.”

CIA Director John Ratcliffe provided Patel with limited access to U.S. intelligence that served as the basis for the search warrant, a source familiar with the Bolton raid and the evidence used to justify it told Fox News Digital.

“I can’t give you any more details than that, but let’s just say that John Bolton really had some nerve to attack Trump over his handling of classified information,” the source told Fox News Digital.

Fox News Digital called Bolton’s office for comment. A staffer answered, said, “Have a nice day,” and then hung up.

The probe into classified documents was first launched years ago but later shut down by the Biden administration “for political reasons,” according to a senior U.S. official.

The Justice Department under Trump’s first administration argued that Bolton’s 2020 memoir, “The Room Where It Happened,” contained classified material and sought to block its publication. A federal judge ultimately allowed the book to be published.

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