John Bolton's Office Raid Bombshell: Classified Documents Related To WMDs, Strategic Comms Found

Posted • September 24, 2025: Federal agents executing a search warrant at the downtown office of former National Security Adviser John Bolton in late August seized a cache of documents marked as classified, according to court documents. The office mission was the second such search conducted by the FBI following an early-morning raid at Bolton's home. The application for the warrant at his office, according to the filing, was to search for "evidence of a crime" and to locate potential "contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed." An inventory of the property taken at Bolton's office indicates several electronic devices, as well as a binder labeled "U.S. Dept of State Diplomatic Security," containing an "introductory security briefing prepared for the 2000-2001 transition team," were seized.

Among the other documents reportedly found, according to the inventory, were travel memos labeled "secret" and those labeled "confidential" pertaining to a U.S. mission to the United Nations and the U.S. government’s strategic communications plan. The findings also yielded "classified" documents related to weapons of mass destruction. —— Newly disclosed docs reveal more about the potentially classified information John Bolton may have had in his office. An FBI agent catalogued 5 categories — including WMDs and the UN. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1lAOsNWcAAC1wQ?format=jpg&name=medium —— 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." Subpoenas were issued at the time, and a grand jury was convened. It was the Biden administration that stepped in to shut it down.

The latest news comes amid revelations that a foreign entity hacked Bolton's AOL email account, although specifics remain under wraps. A New York Times report a week after the raids suggests the former NSA director is in deeper trouble than simply having used classified documents for his book. (…)

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