FBI searches home and office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton, AP source says
Washington (AP) – FBI is looking for Maryland Home and Washington office John BoltonPresident Donald Trump’s first management of the National Security Advisor, but later criticized the president, as a part of the investigation into the handling of classified information, a person familiar with the issue on Friday.
The person who was not authorized to discuss the investigation under the name of the investigation and was not authorized to talk to Associated Press about the status of anonymity, said Bolton was not detained and was not accused of any crime.
After the search at Bolton’s house, he was standing in the lobby of the Washington building on Friday morning, holding an office here and talking to two people who were “FBI”. He left a few minutes later and seemed to go up in the building. It was seen that the agents bought bags from the rear entrance to the office building.
The searches seem to be the most important public phase that the Ministry of Justice against the perceived enemy of the President of the President, and will create a new criticism used by the Trump administration to pursue republican enemies of the law enforcement. Trump management, including authorization, including other critics taking steps to examine the activities of Bolton’s home and office searches Great jury investigation to your origin Trump-Russia Investigation.
The messages left with Bolton spokesman were not immediately returned and a lawyer representing Bolton had no interpretation.
The White House did not comment and directed the questions about the investigation to the FBI. The Ministry of Justice had no comment, but the leaders resorted to the search for Bolton’s house on a series of social media broadcasts on Friday morning.
Kash Patel, FBI director, written in a book in 2023, included Bolton in the “Executive Branch Deep State Members” list: “Nobody is above the law… Public Prosecutor Pam Bondi shared his mission: “America’s security can be negotiated. Justice will be followed. Always.”
The Ministry of Justice also conducts investigations of mortgage fraudulent Democratic Senator Adam Schiff and New York Chief Prosecutor Letitia JamesTrump and his company brought a civilian fraud against and Former Trump Prosecutor Jack Smith He faces an investigation from an independent guard office. Schiff and James strongly refused to do any mistakes through their lawyers.
In an ABC interview at the beginning of this month, Bolton was asked whether the Trump administration was worried about taking action against him. Bolton said that Trump took the safety detail and said, “He’s already gone after him” and added: “I think it’s a presidency of revenge.”
Bolton served as the third National Security Advisor of Trump for 17 months and clashed with Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea. During the first Trump administration, he encountered a review. A book The authority wrote that the authorities announced the classified information, but in 2021 they discussed the Ministry of Justice. He left his case And he left a separate big jury investigation.
Bolton’s lawyers, Bolton’un for months after a White House National Security Council official said that the book is progressing, the article no longer contains secret information, he said.
Trump was canceled on the first day of his return this year Security gaps More than four dozens of former intelligence officials, including Bolton. Bolton was also among a group of former Trump officials whose security details were canceled by Trump earlier this year.
Bolton’s Scathing Book“The room he was,” he informed Trump very badly about foreign policy and said, “He saw conspiracy behind the rocks and was surprisingly ignorant of how the White House would be managed aside from the Great Federal Government.”
Trump responded by multiplying Bolton as a “crazy yazar war writer who would lead the country to the“ Sixth World War ”.
Bolton served as the United Nations Ambassador under President George W. Bush, and also served as President Ronald Reagan. In 2012 and 2016, he thought of running for the President.
An Iranian operator in 2022 It was charged on a plot A January 2020 that kills the country’s most powerful general is killing Bolton in retaliation for US air strike. Bolton left the Trump administration until then, but he tweeted, “I hope this change in Tehran is the first step for the regime.”
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Associated Press writers Michelle L. Price, Jill Colvin, Nathan Ellgren and Alanna Durkin Richer contributed to this report.
