The raid on Bolton's home was part of an investigation into the handling of classified documents according to The Associated Press.

Former national security advisor John Bolton's home and office were the subject of FBI raids on Aug. 22 as authorities search for classified documents.

Days before his former national security adviser’s home and office were raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday, President Donald Trump had trained his sights on his onetime aide, publicly rebuking John Bolton for criticizing his policy toward Russia.

The FBI conducted a court-authorized search at John Bolton’s home as part of a national security investigation into whether he disclosed classified information in his 2020 book, according to two people familiar with the matter.

President Trump and John Bolton's rocky relationship stretches back years and includes recent clashes over Bolton's criticism of Trump's summit with Vladimir Putin.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe provided FBI Director Patel the intelligence that was the basis of the search warrant, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News.

The FBI raided former National Security Advisor John Bolton's home after years of disputes with Trump following Bolton's departure from Trump's first administration.

But no one can say definitively whether today’s raid is due to Bolton’s status as critic, Bolton’s bad judgment or malfeasance, or nothing at all.

Robert Hill called in sick to work when he heard about what was happening in his Bethesda, Maryland. Every major cable news network was broadcasting from a house just a few streets away, but Hill had to see it for himself.

The FBI has searched the Maryland home and Washington office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton as part of an investigation into the handling of classified information.

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