Federal agents raid former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s residence amid ongoing tensions with Trump, which date back to Bolton’s 2019 administration departure.
The FBI launched a raid Friday morning into the home and office of John Bolton — President Donald Trump’s national security advisor from 2018 and 2019 — months after Trump yanked Bolton’s security clearance in January upon taking office.
The two men have a long history of trading barbs following Bolton’s exit from Trump’s first administration — all of which escalated after Bolton sought to publish a memoir in 2020 that included some unflattering details about his time in the White House.
While Trump has labeled Bolton a „wacko“ and a „dope“, Bolton has had his fair share of harsh words for the president.
„I don’t think he’s fit for office“, Bolton said in an interview with ABC News in June 2020, ahead of his memoir’s release. „I don’t think he has the competence to carry out the job.“
„There really isn’t any guiding principle that I was able to discern other than what’s good for Donald Trump’s reelection“, Bolton said at the time. „I think he was so focused on the reelection that longer-term considerations fell by the wayside.
