What the FBI took during search of John Bolton's house Bart Jansen, USA TODAYSeptember 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM 8 A federal magistrate judge revealed that the FBI removed computers, other electronics and documents during a search of John Bolton's house and that President Donald Trump's former national sec...
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Bart Jansen, USA TODAYSeptember 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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A federal magistrate judge revealed that the FBI removed computers, other electronics and documents during a search of John Bolton's house and that President Donald Trump's former national security adviser is under investigation for possible violations of the Espionage Act.
However, U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy Sullivan kept confidential a court document that details what investigators were hoping to find when they searched his house Aug. 22.
Bolton, who served during Trump's first term and has since become a vocal critic of the administration, has not been charged in connection with the matter.
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The belongings seized as Bolton's Maryland home included two iPhones, typed documents in folders labeled Trump I to IV, white binders labeled reflections on "allied strikes," a Dell 3620 computer, a Dell 2330 computer, a Dell laptop and a couple of USB drives, according to a filing by Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Sullivan that was posted on the public docket Sept. 4.
The prosecutor said that greater disclosure could jeopardize the integrity of the investigation.
Ambassador John Bolton sits for an interview with USA TODAY's Washington, DC bureau chief Susan Page in advance of the release of his book, 'In the Room Where It Happened' on June 18, 2020.
Bolton is under investigation for possible violations of two federal laws: for gathering defense information and for unauthorized retention of classified documents, according to Sullivan's filing. The first statute, which is part of the Espionage Act, involves what Trump was charged with in 2023 after leaving the White House and keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
A federal judge dismissed the document charges against Trump. Prosecutors dropped their appeal after Trump was elected president a second time, under a longstanding Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president.
Bolton resumed criticizing Trump in an op-ed on Aug. 25 in the Washington Examiner that mentioned the investigation.
"Donald Trump's Ukraine policy today is no more coherent than it was last Friday when his administration executed search warrants against my home and office," Bolton wrote, repeating the same line in a post on X. "Collapsing in confusion and haste, Trump's negotiations may be in their last throes, along with his Nobel Peace Prize campaign."
Trump told reporters Bolton was "a lowlife" but that he didn't know about the search beforehand. Vice President JD Vance told USA TODAY that Bolton was under investigation for classified documents rather than politics.
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