CIA Director John Ratcliffe provided FBI Director Patel the intelligence that was the basis of the search warrant , a source familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Trump, during that first term, was churning through national security advisers with regularity, and Bolton jumped from his role as a Fox News analyst to the White House in March of 2018 after promising Trump “he wouldn’t start any wars” if he was selected, CNN reported at the time.

President Trump and John Bolton's rocky relationship stretches back years and includes recent clashes over Bolton's criticism of Trump's summit with Vladimir Putin.

But no one can say definitively whether today’s raid is due to Bolton’s status as critic, Bolton’s bad judgment or malfeasance, or nothing at all.

Top Republicans are praising FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi for their conduct after federal agents raided John Bolton's home.

A number of prominent supporters of Donald Trump 's Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement have celebrated on social media after the FBI raided the home of John Bolton on Friday morning.

On Aug. 22, 2025, the FBI searched former national security adviser John Bolton’s home in Bethesda, Maryland, and his Washington, DC, office as part of a criminal investigation into the potential mishandling of classified information.

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