Kash Patel's FBI Launches Early-Morning Raid Of John Bolton's Home: 'No One Is Above The Law'

Posted • August 22, 2025: FBI agents under Director Kash Patel's orders busted into the Bethesda home of former National Security Advisor John Bolton early Friday morning. The raid is sure to send shockwaves throughout Washington, D.C. —— The case reportedly revolves around a prior investigation involving allegations that Bolton unlawfully disclosed classified information in a memoir published in June 2020. The New York Post first reported on the raid, which was conducted at 7 a.m. Within minutes, Director Patel took to his X account to report that the FBI was engaged in a "mission." —— "NO ONE is above the law," he wrote in a cryptic message. "@FBI agents on mission." The probe that prompted the raid is said to involve a "high profile national security case" shut down by the Biden administration "for political reasons." The Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2020 launched an investigation of Bolton for possibly leaking classified information in his memoir, titled “The Room Where It Happened."

The book made several dubious claims, including allegations that President Trump asked for help with his election from Chinese President Xi Jinping. Subpoenas were issued at the time, and a grand jury was convened before the Biden administration stepped in to shut it down. 🚨 Federal agents are RIGHT NOW in John Bolton's home "going through things" following an early morning FBI RAID in the DC area over national security concerns. Yes. We did, indeed, vote for this. This is Bolton's primary residence. "This deals with classified records." The Washington Post reported in 2020 that administration officials at the time had "uncovered legitimate instances of unauthorized disclosures of classified information." Trump posted on X that the former National Security Adviser “broke the law” and “should be in jail, money seized, for disseminating, for profit, highly Classified information.”

Bolton, at the time, issued a statement "emphatically" declaring he had not revealed classified information in the book and rejected "any claim that he acted improperly, let alone criminally." Patel has ordered the case reignited. Bolton, for his part, conveyed on social media that he was seemingly unconcerned about the raid, quickly posting his thoughts on President Trump's attempts to negotiate peace between Russia and Ukraine, never once mentioning FBI agents entering his home minutes earlier. (…)

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