An FBI agent carries a box outside John Bolton’s D.C. office after a search on Aug. 22, 2025, connected to a classified documents probe. (Fox News Digital)
The searches are focused on potential classified documents agents believe Bolton may still possess, one source told Fox News.
FBI Director Kash Patel, without specifically naming Bolton or the raid, posted to X at 7:03 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time Friday: "NO ONE is above the law…@FBI agents on mission."
"Public corruption will not be tolerated," FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino shared in his own post Friday morning.
Bolton served as Trump's national security advisor between 2018 and 2019, before Trump ousted him because they "disagreed strongly" on policy issues.
"I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House," Trump tweeted in 2019. "I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration, and therefore I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning. I thank John very much for his service. I will be naming a new National Security Advisor next week."
FBI agents load bags into a vehicle after conducting a search at the Washington, D.C., office of former National Security Advisor John Bolton Aug. 22, 2025. (Fox News Digital)
"I don’t think he’s fit for office," Bolton said in 2020. "I don’t think he has the competency to carry out the job. There isn’t really any guiding principle that I was able to discern, other than what’s good for Donald Trump’s reelection."
Upon Trump's return to the Oval Office in January, the administration revoked Bolton's security clearance.
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton's home was raided by the FBI in the early morning hours of Aug. 22, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
After news broke of the raid on Bolton's home, FBI officials were also spotted at the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations' office in Washington, D.C., removing boxes from the office. Bolton served as ambassador to the U.N. during former President George W. Bush's administration.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Bolton and his office for comment.
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Fox News' Breanne Deppish, David Spunt, Michael Dorgan and Emma Woodhead contributed to this report.
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