šØ BREAKING: The FBI has just RAIDED John Boltonās DC-area home in a high profile national security probe
NOW weāre talking! š„
Agents busted down Boltonās door around 7am this morning, in an investigation ordered by Kash Patel
Patel posted āNO ONE is above the law… @FBI agents on missionā
Bolton has not been arrested and is not currently charged with any crimes, the official added.
āHeās not a smart guy, but he could be a very unpatriotic guy,ā President Trump told reporters of Bolton Friday morning. āWeāre going to find out.ā
The raid came at the behest of Patel, with the president claiming that he had no advance knowledge of the operation.
āI know nothing about it. I just saw it this morning ⦠I tell [Attorney General] Pam [Bondi] and I tell the group: āI donāt want to know, but you have to do what you have to do. I donāt want to know about it.āā
āI could know about it. I could be the one starting ā and Iām actually the chief law enforcement officer ā but I feel that itās better this way.ā
An investigation of Bolton was launched in 2020, but the Biden administration shut it down āfor political reasons,ā according to a senior US official.
Trumpās first Justice Department initiated a criminal inquiry into Boltonās alleged disclosure of national secrets in his 2020 book, āThe Room Where It Happened.ā
However, officials tell The Post that the current investigation is not limited to Boltonās book ā but is part of a ālarger classified leaking probe that extended into the Biden administration.ā
Trump, 79,Ā unsuccessfully fought to quash publication of āThe Room Where It Happenedā over its inclusion of national secrets ā saying Bolton broke a non-disclosure agreement signed as a condition of his employment.
Investigators suspect that former President Joe Bidenās Justice DepartmentĀ shut downĀ ofĀ the Bolton probe may have been motivated by the ex-nat sec adviserās political opposition to Trump.
BoltonĀ has been at odds with hisĀ oldĀ boss sinceĀ Trump fired him in September 2019,Ā regularly appearing onĀ CNN andĀ criticizingĀ the presidentās national security and foreign policyĀ aims.