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 | Reply

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 | Reply

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 | Reply

--- 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 | Reply

Trump is DESPERATE!

Release all the Epstein files NOW!

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

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 | Reply

I did NAZI see that coming ...

Heil Trump ... or else!

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

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 | Reply

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 | Reply

MAGA of the long knives.

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

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 | Reply

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 | Reply

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 | Reply

IS that supposed to be funny?

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

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 | Reply

Fascists never think the other fascists will turn on them.

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

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 | Reply

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 | Reply

"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 | Reply

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 | Reply

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 | Reply

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 | Reply

#20 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

Schiff and Bolton? hmmmm interesting.

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

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 | Reply

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 | Reply

Mustache whereabouts unknown........

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