FBI raids John Bolton's home outside Washington DC

Friday, August 22, 2025

Federal agents raided the Washington-area home of President Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton on Friday morning. FBI Director Kash Patel wrote "NO ONE is above the law ... @FBI agents on mission" in a post on X at 7 a.m., shortly before the New York Post broke the news of the raid. An FBI official and a source familiar confirmed the search to News Nation, The Hill's sister network. Bolton was not detained and has not been charged with any crimes, The Associated Press reported. The search is related to classified documents, two sources told NewsNation. Bolton's home is in Bethesda, Md., outside Washington D.C.

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Does this have any thing to do with the fact that the-------------'s name is all over the Epstein Files?

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-08-22 08:20 AM

More actual lawfare.

Hey dips*^%s, when are you going to speak out against the abuse of federal law enforcement to target critics?

#2 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-22 09:05 AM

Bolton is widely considered a foreign policy hawk and advocates military action and regime change by the U.S. in Iran, Syria, Libya, Venezuela, Cuba, Yemen, and North Korea.[14][15][8][16] A member of the Republican Party, his political views have been described as American nationalist,[17][18] conservative,[19][20][21][22] and neoconservative,[23] although Bolton rejects the last term.[24][25][26] He is a former senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)[27] and a Fox News Channel commentator. He was a foreign policy adviser to 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.[28]

couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

#3 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-08-22 09:06 AM

--- John Bolton.

That traitor had a chance to do what was best for the nation and instead chose to write a book.

He is getting what he deserves.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-08-22 09:10 AM

Trump is DESPERATE!

Release all the Epstein files NOW!

#5 | Posted by YAV at 2025-08-22 09:10 AM

This is the full out weaponization of the FBI, DOJ, etc.
This is the incarnation of the PROJECTION we've heard for years from the GOP and Trump.
When you hear Trump of the GOP accuse Democrats of something evil, something nefarious - you can be damned sure the Democrats aren't doing it, and the GOP/Trump are going to do it.
Weaponization of our Government against all critics is exactly what I expected.

If we don't fight this shht, it's over for this nation. We're already well on our way to being another s-hole nation like Hungary, or Russia, or El Salvador, etc.

I hope we actually have real elections in 2026, but I am worried it will be way too late by then to do anything to stop this rot.

#6 | Posted by YAV at 2025-08-22 09:18 AM

I did NAZI see that coming ...

Heil Trump ... or else!

#7 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-08-22 09:19 AM

Gestapo intimidation tactics just as they are doing with the NY AG.

Bolton is guilty of not going along with Trump's obvious lies, and they are making an example of him

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-22 09:34 AM

Yav, just remember ... you guys opened this Pandora's Box during the Biden Administration. Once it's opened, it's hard to close.

#9 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2025-08-22 09:58 AM

MAGA of the long knives.

#10 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 10:03 AM

Trump is DESPERATE!
Release all the Epstein files NOW!

#5 | Posted by YAV

You're still stuck nibbling that long past prime bait?

That was the distraction. Meanwhile, they're solidifying state power and targeting their strongest critics.

#11 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-22 10:08 AM

Yav, just remember ... you guys opened this Pandora's Box during the Biden Administration. Once it's opened, it's hard to close.

#9 | Posted by Bluewaffles

Absolute nonsense from an abysmally stupid pile of s*&^.

You support the systematic dismantling of the United States because you're too stupid to not fall for a known conman even when you're told you're f*(&^ing stupid and are falling for a known conman.

People like you would have been better off left on a hillside shortly after birth.

#12 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-22 10:09 AM

The 5:00 AM raid with FBI in full tactical gear caught a surprised Bolton sleeping in his bedroom. The FBI pulled a weeping and naked Adam Schiff from the home after he barricaded himself in a bathroom.

#13 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-08-22 10:14 AM

IS that supposed to be funny?

#14 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 10:18 AM

Did they find boxes of classified documents stashed next to the toilet yet?

#15 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-08-22 10:30 AM

Fascists never think the other fascists will turn on them.

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-22 10:34 AM

They didn't need to find anything, he published classified information in his book without permission.

#17 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-08-22 10:36 AM

IS that supposed to be funny?

#14 | Posted by Alexandrite

To that miserable piece of s*&^? Yes.

They're so deep into the cult they think of everything through the lens of the talking points they've been fed.

#18 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-22 10:38 AM

"you guys opened this Pandora's Box during the Biden Administration."

^
So that's good, because Trump is keeping it open, right?

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-22 10:40 AM

After calming down a defiant Schiff told reporters he would not apologize for his forbidden love affair with Bolton. Schiff went on to say how he feels 'safe' when Bolton holds him and vowed to continue to do God's work in defying Trump.

#20 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-08-22 10:44 AM

LyinYav, just remember ... you guys opened this Pandora's Box during the Biden Administration. Once it's opened, it's hard to close.
#9 | POSTED BY BLUEWAFFLES

Lumpers have no idea how their actions create consequences. This sort of thing happens over and over. They just don't understand second order effects.

I saw a video in University. John Mbiti's concept of African time, which says that the future is not abstract or infinite but is tied to experienced events, making the distant future less significant than the past and present. Its the absence of an abstract, distant future. It suggests that the future is an open possibility, where future events will take place, but which is not known or conceived in advance. IOW They can't understand the future.

This is todays Lumper in a nut shell.

It would be ironic if it wasn't so damning for the country.

#21 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-08-22 10:45 AM

Visitor_ is desperate for someone to love him.

And he's desperate for that someone to be a man.

#22 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-22 10:46 AM

#20 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

Schiff and Bolton? hmmmm interesting.

#23 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-08-22 10:46 AM

he published classified information in his book without permission.

#17 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-08-22 10:36 AM | Reply | Flag

Link or Stink.

#24 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 11:04 AM

Lumpers have no idea how their actions create consequences. This sort of thing happens over and over. They just don't understand second order effects.

Bolton is a Republican. He made the grave error of speaking ill of dear leader.

#25 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 11:05 AM

Mustache whereabouts unknown........

#26 | Posted by HanoverFist at 2025-08-22 11:15 AM

I hope this is only the beginning of a long list of DC criminals being held accountable.

#27 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-08-22 11:17 AM

But the lawsuit alleged that Bolton was frustrated with the pace of the review and chose to publish before waiting for it to be completed, despite having signed classified nondisclosure agreements.

#28 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-08-22 11:18 AM

Lumpers have no idea how their actions create consequences.

Duhhhh LuMpErZ!!

STFU idiot.

The only actions that have consequences here are stupid piles of s^%* like you voting for him again.

#29 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-22 11:26 AM

It would be ironic if it wasn't so damning for the country.

#21 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Gaslighting nonsense from a stupid pile of s%^* who thinks they're smart.

#30 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-22 11:27 AM

I hope this is only the beginning of a long list of DC criminals being held accountable.

#27 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Criminal = critic if my gullible stupidity.

F*^+ing moron s^%#bag thinks fascism is cool because he won't feel its effects.

#31 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-22 11:28 AM

"Bolton was not detained and has not been charged with any crimes"

Huh.
So what exactly are these Trumpers cheering for?

#32 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-22 11:31 AM

I hope this is only the beginning of a long list of DC criminals being held accountable.

#27 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-08-22 11:17 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

What's Bolton's crime, fascist --------?

#33 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 11:35 AM

The lawsuit filed in June 2020 alleged that Ellen Knight, the senior director for records access at the National Security Council, found "significant amounts of classified information" including some classified as "TOP SECRET," in the $2 million book while reviewing it for publication.
But the lawsuit alleged that Bolton was frustrated with the pace of the review and chose to publish before waiting for it to be completed, despite having signed classified nondisclosure agreements.

#28 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-08-22 11:18 AM | Reply | Flag:
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No link. Lazy.

BTW Trump hired Bolton. Your leader has no judgement.

#34 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 11:36 AM

What's Bolton's crime, fascist --------?
#33 | POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE

If I understand the articles, its that his book has classified information in it.

Idk where you learned to manage people, but when looking for information you're too lazy to find yourself, calling people -------- doesn't really work.

#35 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-08-22 11:42 AM

He wasn't charged or detained.

So try again. This is clearly intimidation, lawfare, and a fishing expedition.

And I don't even like Bolton...

#36 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 11:44 AM

He made the grave error of speaking ill of dear leader.
#25 | POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE

Now you know how Douglass Mackey felt.

#37 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-08-22 11:44 AM

He wasn't charged or detained.

So try again.

Doesn't mean there isn't a crime. They could just be gathering evidence. Similar to the raid on Mara-Largo.

You really have no idea how these things work do you.

#38 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-08-22 11:45 AM

Cool whataboutism.

Now ---- off.

#39 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 11:45 AM

Funny. No one raided pence's home. Or Biden's.

Trump is abusing the FBI's power.

#40 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 11:46 AM

What's Bolton's crime, fascist --------?

POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE

No crime. Yet. They are still looking. They will find something and let you know.

Resistance is futile.

#41 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-08-22 11:46 AM

www.justice.gov

Defendant Attempted to Trick Voters Into Believing They Could Vote By Text Message
Douglass Mackey, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly to 7 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to interfere with potential voters' right to vote in the 2016 election for the Office of the President of the United States. Douglass Mackey, also known as "Ricky Vaughn," was previously convicted of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights at trial by a federal jury in Brooklyn. Mackey was convicted of the charge in March 2023 following a three-week trial.

This is who our "Chinese open border liberal" is defending.

Way to tell on yourself.

#42 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 11:49 AM

"If I understand the articles, its that his book has classified information in it."

Then why wasn't he arrested or detained?

It's not like that "evidence" didn't already exist; the book was published five years ago.

#43 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-08-22 11:49 AM

It's not like that "evidence" didn't already exist; the book was published five years ago.

#43 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-08-22 11:49 AM | Reply | Flag:

No kidding. You said it better than I did.

#44 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 11:50 AM

Somehow Trump has broken the Drudge Left and they no longer engage in civil discourse. Nothing of value was lost.

#45 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-08-22 11:50 AM

Civil discourse. like you calling Schiff gay? That discourse?

#46 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 11:51 AM

This is who our "Chinese open border liberal" is defending.

He's given up on that schtick and gone back to being a regular whataboutist MAGA hack.

#47 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-08-22 11:52 AM

Why did trump hire a criminal like Bolton?

Only the best people! LOL

#48 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 11:52 AM

It's not like that "evidence" didn't already exist; the book was published five years ago.

#43 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-08-22 11:49 AM | Reply | Flag

It probably took five years for someone to read the book to trump.

#49 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 11:53 AM

We're past the point of civil discourse.

You're still stuck nibbling that long past prime bait?

Nah. I just like shoving that shht in their faces. I can do way more than one thing at once ;-)

#50 | Posted by YAV at 2025-08-22 11:58 AM

They could just be gathering evidence. Similar to the raid on Mara-Largo.

That "raid" wasn't to gather evidence, s^*%bag. It was to retrieve stolen documents they knew he had.

Do yall intentionally no get what and why all that went down?

#51 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-22 12:01 PM

Somehow Trump has broken the Drudge Left and they no longer engage in civil discourse. Nothing of value was lost.
#45 | Posted by visitor_

You're not capable of discourse, civil or otherwise. You're not an expert in anything. You have nothing original to say. You have no interesting points of view to share.

You can't formulate an argument from base principles. You can't perform a trade-off analysis. You never wonder about what the best path forward might be.

Did I miss anything?

#52 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-22 12:13 PM

Civil discourse. like you calling Schiff gay? That discourse?

#46 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 11:51 AM | Reply | Flag:

I never explicitly said Schiff was gay, his love affair with Bolton could be entirely platonic. What happened in Bolton's bedroom between the two naked men is their own business. However, I find it offensive that you would imply calling someone 'gay' is pejorative. Homophobic much?

#53 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-08-22 12:13 PM

Snoofy argues with the mirror and the mirror wins. Again.

#54 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-08-22 12:14 PM

"I never explicitly said Schiff was gay, his love affair with Bolton could be entirely platonic."

Like yours with Trump?

#55 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-22 12:15 PM

You're not capable of discourse, civil or otherwise. You're not an expert in anything. You have nothing original to say. You have no interesting points of view to share.
You can't formulate an argument from base principles. You can't perform a trade-off analysis. You never wonder about what the best path forward might be.
Did I miss anything?

#52 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-22 12:13 PM | Reply

No, you did not. The best he's got is "schiffs a ---"

#56 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 12:16 PM

I find it offensive that you would imply calling someone 'gay' is pejorative.

Cool projection. If it's not a pejorative why did you imply it out of thin air?

You can't think.

#57 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 12:17 PM

"What happened in Bolton's bedroom between the two naked men is their own business."

This is where you called them gay.

You need that resolution and release that comes from giving voice to your repressed psyche.

What you've done to yourself is cause yourself to always live in fear that your repressed thoughts might surface at the wrong time.

Men like you build a culture of constantly "joking" about homosexuality because you're always thinking about your own homosexuality.

It's called Reaction Formation.

I hope you enjoyed the civil discourse.

#58 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-22 12:20 PM

The projection is strong with you two. Do I hear Drudge Retort wedding bells?

#59 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-08-22 12:43 PM

Do I hear Drudge Retort wedding bells?
#59 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

The sounds you're hearing is the empty clanging inside your head.

#60 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-08-22 12:45 PM

I'm already married, dummy.

More pejorative gay crap from you. Just come out already.

#61 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 12:45 PM

Congratulations, which one of you is the "Bolton" and which is the "Schiff"?

#62 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-08-22 12:51 PM

ALEXANDRITE and SNOOFY being outraged about someone calling "Schiff and Bolton" gay is pretty funny considering how often the untouchables here use the gay slur, and you say nothing.

#63 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-08-22 01:05 PM

I have those people plonked.

You're stupid, oneironut.

#64 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-22 01:06 PM

Congratulations, which one of you is the "Bolton" and which is the "Schiff"?
#62 | Posted by visitor_

What a twist!
Bolton and Schiff were gay all along.
Even after you led is down the garden path that they were okay.
M. Knight Shamalayan welcome to the Drudge Retort.

The lady doth protest too fabulously, methinks.

#65 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-22 02:45 PM

Congratulations, which one of you is the "Bolton" and which is the "Schiff"?
#62 | Posted by visitor_

Maybe this time the lightbulb will go off in there, someone will the the light coming out from the cracks in the door, and help you come out of hiding:

Men like you build a culture of constantly "joking" about homosexuality because you're always thinking about your own homosexuality.

There are other explanations. Could be you're not actually gay, but you are someone's prison bitch, and the gay jokes is how you self-soothe.

#66 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-22 02:54 PM

qantara.de

#67 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-22 02:54 PM

The search is related to classified documents, two sources told NewsNation.

What did pedo 47 do with the missing Russia binder?

www.reuters.com

#68 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-08-23 01:03 AM

JD Vance on the FBI raid on John Bolton's home:

"... even if they disagree with us politically... you shouldn't throw people willy-nilly in prison."

Link: www.nbcnews.com

#69 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-23 02:40 AM

Seems like Trump has some exposed liability for this action, as in probable cause.

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