FBI Confiscates Items from John Bolton’s Home
Recent court filings have revealed details about items seized from the residence of former national security adviser John Bolton during an FBI raid.
According to a public court application made on Thursday, over several items were confiscated from Bolton’s home, as noted in a search warrant filed in the Maryland district court.
The list of items includes two iPhones—one being a dual-camera model—and three computers: a silver Dell XPS laptop, a Dell Precision Tower Model 3620, and a Dell Inspiron 2330.
Among other confiscated items are a “Seagate Hard Drive” and two 64-gigabyte Sandisk USB drives.
Additionally, the FBI took a white binder labeled “Statement and Reflection on the Alliance Strike,” along with documents contained in a folder entitled “Trump I-IV.”
Four boxes marked as “printed daily activities” were also removed, containing various official documents.
This search, which took place on August 22, involved both Bolton’s Maryland home and his Washington, D.C. office.
Sources indicate that the alleged fraud was first identified in 2020 through specific intelligence. Evidence suggested that Bolton transferred files, apparently related to his family, from his White House desk.
Bolton’s tenure in the White House lasted from April 2018 until September 2019, marked by his resignation following President Trump’s announcement on Twitter that he had been fired.
At that time, a separate investigation was initiated, distinct from prior inquiries into Bolton’s alleged disclosure of classified information in his 2020 memoir, “The Room Where It Happened.” Officials later noted that the Biden administration had stalled the investigation.
Bolton has been vocal in his criticisms of Trump, frequently making disparaging remarks about his former boss in interviews.
A senior FBI official mentioned to the New York Post that the Biden administration faced accusations of weaponizing law enforcement against Bolton to hinder politically sensitive investigations.
According to investigators, the case against Bolton was deemed “airtight.” However, FBI Director Kash Patel wasn’t fully briefed until a month after the confirmation in February because he initially thought the investigation pertained to a closed matter. Agents later clarified that it was a separate probe that the Biden administration had blocked for four years.
When questioned about the FBI raid, President Trump expressed mixed feelings about Bolton, describing him unfavorably.
“I’m not a John Bolton fan. He’s a real low-life,” Trump stated, asserting that he had no prior knowledge of the raid. He went on to call Bolton “not a clever man” and “very unpatriotic.”
