() The attorney representing former Ambassador John Bolton tells the documents taken in the FBI’s raid were “ordinary records…. that would be kept by a 40-year career official who served at the State Department.”

These materials, many of which are documents that had been previously approved as part of a pre-publication review for Amb. Bolton’s book, were reviewed and closed years ago.  These are the kinds of ordinary records, many of which are 20 years old or more, that would be kept by a 40-year career official who served at the State Department, as an Assistant Attorney General, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and the National Security Advisor.  Specifically, the documents with dated classification markings from the period 1998 – 2006 date back to Amb. Bolton’s time in the George W. Bush Administration.  An objective and thorough review will show nothing inappropriate was stored or kept by Amb. Bolton.

Abbe David Lowell, Lowell & Associates Counsel for Amb. John Bolton

Federal agents raided Bolton’s home on August 22^nd. Bolton was not home at the time.

Court records released a few weeks later showed that agents took iPhones, USB drives, computers and folders with documents that were labeled “Trump I-IV.”

Bolton served as National Security Adviser for 17 months during the first Trump administration. He would later become a vocal critic of President Trump.

Bolton was one of a group of former officials whose security details were canceled by Trump earlier this year. He has not been charged with any crimes.