FBI Agents RAID John Bolton’s Office and Home

Former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton had a surprise this morning.

CNN has reported that dozens of FBI agents raided the home of John Bolton at around 7 a.m. Friday morning.

FBI agents later raided his office in downtown Washington, D.C.

Watch agents conduct the raids below:

🚨NEW: Jonathan Turley says John Bolton could be hit with up to 20 years in prison over national defense information:

"It could be national defense information. That creates a heightened potential penalty…5 to 20 years."
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— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 22, 2025

🚨 BREAKING: The FBI is now raiding John Bolton’s OFFICE after banging down the door of his DC-area home

This is a GREAT Friday morning so far 🤣

Deep state John Bolton could be facing 10-20 YEARS in prison in this national security probe

MUCH deserved! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ObcqeGx9NU

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 22, 2025

MSN provided further details on the raid and what sparked them:

The FBI conducted a court-authorized search at former national security adviser John Bolton’s home and office as part of a renewed investigation into whether he disclosed classified information in his 2020 book, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The investigative step immediately drew criticism that Trump was using the muscle of the US government to target a political foe, though the specific basis for the searches was not clear.

Bolton served as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser in his first term 2019, but the president fired him and the two have been at odds ever since. Trump had previously threatened to jail for Bolton over the 2020 book, which was critical of Trump’s foreign policy knowledge, and the Justice Department investigated him in Trump’s first-term. That probe was closed under President Joe Biden.

CNN observed FBI personnel at Bolton’s house in the Washington, DC, area on Friday morning. They were seen speaking to a person on the porch of the house, and at least four to six agents were seen going inside. Some of the agents took bags out of the vehicles to bring inside, but nothing was seen coming out of the residence.

The FBI also was searching Bolton’s office on Friday morning, according to a source. CNN saw several unmarked federal vehicles the building in downtown Washington.

Remember this:

FLASHBACK: John Bolton praises the FBI for raiding Mar-A-Lago. Karma's a b*tch.

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— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 22, 2025

NBC 4 Washington was covering the raid from outside of Bolton’s home:

FBI agents raided former national security adviser John Bolton’s home in Bethesda, Maryland, early Friday, a source familiar with the matter tells NBC News and News4 video shows.

The raid is part of a “national security investigation in search of classified records,” the source said.

News4 video shows FBI agents going in and out of a home in a leafy neighborhood. We saw at least 10 agents at the home. Agents backed up a black SUV right to the home’s garage door and could be seen hauling in empty boxes.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Bolton was home at the time. NBC News reached out to him for comment.

The FBI told News4 agents were conducting “court-authorized activity” and there was no threat to public safety. They offered no further comment.

In a post on X early Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote, “NO ONE is above the law… @FBI agents on mission.”