SEARCH AND SEIZURE
As part of the ongoing investigation, FBI agents raided Bolton’s Maryland home and Washington office in August, seizing documents and electronic devices believed to contain sensitive material.
Court documents reportedly showed agents found folders labelled “Trump I-IV” and a binder marked “statements and reflections to Allied Strikes,” along with documents referencing weapons of mass destruction and US strategic communications.
Bolton’s lawyer has said the records were ordinary materials for a former national security official.
‘UNFIT TO BE PRESIDENT’
Bolton, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, served as Trump’s national security adviser during his first term before being dismissed in 2019. He later angered the administration with his memoir The Room Where It Happened, calling Trump “unfit to be president.”
Since taking office in January, Trump has moved aggressively against perceived opponents, firing officials seen as disloyal, targeting law firms involved in past cases against him, and cutting federal funding to several universities.
The case against Bolton is being handled by Trump’s handpicked US Attorney, Lindsey Halligan, after her predecessor resigned, citing insufficient evidence to press charges.
Comey, appointed FBI chief by Barack Obama in 2013, was fired by Trump in 2017 amid an investigation into whether members of Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with Russia to influence the US election.
