FBI agents searching John Bolton's home.
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SHOCKING footage has captured federal agents storming the home of former National Security Advisor John Bolton as part of a high-profile probe.

The FBI swarmed the Maryland property in a reported search for highly classified documents on Friday morning.

FBI agents searching John Bolton's home.

Police officers surrounded John Bolton’s home in Bethesda, Maryland as federal agents raided the propertyCredit: Reuters
Police officer outside John Bolton's house after an FBI search.

Bolton is reportedly being probed in a search for highly classified documentsCredit: AFP or licensors
John Bolton speaking at a "Free Iran" summit in Paris.

Bolton served as a national security advisor in 2018, but he was fired by Donald Trump in 2019Credit: Getty

Bolton, 76, served in President Donald Trump’s first administration from 2018 to 2019, but he was fired by his boss over disagreements on foreign policy.

The Republican diplomat went on to stoke tension with his 2020 book The Room Where It Happened, with Trump claiming the memoir was a national security risk.

Now, FBI agents dressed in bright jackets have entered the ex-advisor’s property in Bethesda, Maryland, as they search for improperly stored documents, sources told Fox News.

The feds showed up at 7 am, and Bolton was reportedly in the home when they arrived.

Trump’s cabinet posted cryptic messages online before the raid. FBI Director Kash Patel wrote, “NO ONE is above the law … @FBI agents on mission,” in an X post, but didn’t outright mention Bolton.

Meanwhile, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino reshared the post with the comment, “Public corruption will not be tolerated.”

And Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X, “America’s safety isn’t negotiable. Justice will be pursued. Always.”

Bolton has been in Trump’s sightline since a judge permitted the memoir to be published, despite the president’s Justice Department trying to block it.

In the book, Bolton accused his former boss of intervening with law enforcement and having an unfair influence on federal agencies.

He also made damning claims about Trump’s relationship with foreign officials, saying at one point that Trump begged China’s President Xi Jinping to support his second bid for the presidency.

Trump’s first administration opened a probe into Bolton at the end of his term, but Joe Biden’s administration stopped investigating when the Republican was ousted.

Some senior government officials felt that the dropped investigation was politically motivated, according to Fox News.

TENSIONS MOUNT

When Trump was reelected, he started the probe back up with a fresh motivation to target politicians who, he feels, hindered progress in his first term.

One of his first moves after returning to office was to strip Bolton of federal protections stemming from the former advisor’s fraught relationship with Iran.

In recent days, Bolton has been outspoken with his criticism of how Trump is handling the war between Russia and Ukraine.

On Friday morning, about 30 minutes after federal agents stormed his home, Bolton wrote on X, “Russia has not changed its goal: drag Ukraine into a new Russian Empire.

“Moscow has demanded that Ukraine cede territory it already holds and the remainder of Donetsk, which it has been unable to conquer.  Zelensky will never do so. 

“Meanwhile, meetings will continue because Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize, but I don’t see these talks making any progress.”

When Trump explained why he removed Bolton’s security privilege, he described his former advisor as a “very dumb person.”

“But I used him well because every time people saw me come into a meeting with John Bolton standing behind me, they thought that he’d attack them because he was a warmonger,” he said.

BOLTON’S HISTORY

Bolton has served under four Republican presidents. In the Reagan Administration, he worked as Assistant Administrator of USAID for Program and Policy Coordination, and in the Office for Legislative Affairs..

He went on to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs between May 1989 and January 1993, when George H.W. Bush was in office.

From August 2005 to December 2006, he served as US Ambassador to the United Nations under George W. Bush.

While working for Trump, Bolton clashed with the president over relations with Iran, Afghanistan, and North Korea.

They argued over whether Trump should host Taliban leaders at Camp David, a presidential retreat in Maryland, in some of Bolton’s final days.

After being dismissed, Bolton said that he was disappointed to leave the administration, but not surprised that it didn’t work out.

POLITICAL TURN

In 2022, Bolton suggested that he would declare his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination to squash Trump’s chances.

Weeks before the nomination, he said that he would cast a protest vote for Dick Cheney, who served as George W. Bush’s vice president for two terms

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