The FBI and state police searched the upstate New York home of former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter on Wednesday, Fox News Digital confirmed.
FBI agents and state police were seen entering Ritter’s home in Delmar on Wednesday afternoon.
It is unclear why the home was searched, or whether Ritter, who has had legal troubles in the past, was at the home at the time.
The upstate New York home of former United Nations Special Commission chief weapons inspector Scott Ritter was searched by the FBI and state police on Wednesday. (David McNew/Getty Images)
“We can confirm that FBI agents are present at the Dover residence. [Drive] “We are conducting law enforcement activities in connection with a federal investigation,” a spokesperson for the FBI’s Albany field office told Fox News Digital. “As this investigation is ongoing, [Department of Justice] As per policy we are unable to comment further.”
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The search came a day after Ritter posted a photo of herself dining with independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The caption reads, “Burgers with Bobby!”
Ritter appeared on Andrew Napolitano’s podcast in June and said that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized his passport when he was trying to board a flight to Russia.
Ritter said CBP officials told him the State Department had ordered the passports confiscated without further explanation.
The exterior of the Department of State building in Washington, DC, on March 14, 2023 (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Ritter served as the United Nations’ chief weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998 and was convicted in 2011 of sex crimes involving underage girls.
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This is the second time in the past decade that Ritter has been charged with trying to solicit an underage girl for illicit sex. In 2001, he was the subject of a police sting operation in Colonie, New York, where he was accused of trying to solicit a police officer by posing as a 16-year-old girl.
Ultimately, the charges were dismissed and the case was sealed.
This is a developing story, check back for updates.
Fox News’ David Spunt and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
