Former National Security Advisor John Bolton's home in Maryland and office in Washington, D.C., were raided by the FBI on Aug. 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Shortly after the raid began, Patel wrote on X that "no one is above the law… [FBI] agents on a mission."
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino shared the post and wrote, "Public corruption will not be tolerated."
Bolton, who served in Trump’s first administration, has not been arrested or taken into custody. Trump revoked his security clearance and Secret Service detail in January 2025.
Trump was asked about the raid on Friday and said he did not know about it ahead of time, claiming he saw it on television. The president then made clear his disdain for his former national security adviser.
"I’m not a fan of John Bolton. He’s a real lowlife," Trump told reporters. He went on to call Bolton "not a smart guy" and said "he could be very unpatriotic."
This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and redacted in part by the FBI, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8, 2022, search by the FBI of then-former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (Department of Justice via AP)
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Bolton criticized Trump’s handling of classified documents after the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago in 2022. Trump was later indicted on 37 felony counts, which expanded to 40 before the case was dropped in July 2024.
During Trump’s first administration, a probe into classified documents was launched but later shut down by the Biden administration. The Justice Department argued that Bolton’s 2020 memoir, "The Room Where it Happened," contained classified material and attempted to block it from being published.
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The FBI and Bolton’s office declined to comment on the matter.
Reporting contributed by Axios and Fox News’ Michael Dorgan, David Spunt, Breanne Deppisch, Emma Woodhead and Brooke Singman.
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