Bolton publishes on the Ukraine War while the FBI poses its house in Maryland for classified documents
John Bolton’s house is attacked by federal agents
David Stunt of Fox News provides details on the FBI raid at the home of former national councilor of Trump John Bolton in Maryland as director of the FBI, Kash Patel, “nobody is above the law”.
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Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has published a message X concerning the current war between Russia and Ukraine while firing the peace efforts by President Donald Trump on Friday morning while FBI agents made a descent into his house in Maryland.
“Russia has not changed its objective: dragging Ukraine in a new Russian empire,” Bolton posted on his X account at 7:32 am, Eastern Day.
“Moscow has demanded that Ukraine to go the territory it already has and the rest of Donetsk, which it could not conquer”, ” He continuedlinking to an NPR interview which he joined earlier in August. “Zelensky will never do it. Meanwhile, meetings will continue because Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize, but I do not see these talks make progress”, ”
The Post X was sent while the news announced that the home of the former ambassador and national security advisor in Bethesda, Maryland, was attacked by FBI agents who were spotted removing property boxes. The agents responded to the house for the first time at 7:00 am, Eastern daytime time, according to the exclusive report of the New York Post on the RAID.
Bolton was not arrested or in detention in the middle of the raids early in the morning.
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An FBI agent has a box outside the DC office of John Bolton after research on August 22, 2025, linked to a classified document probe. (Fox News Digital)
Research is focused on potential classified documents that agents think that Bolton could still have, a source told Fox News.
The director of the FBI, Kash Patel, without specifically named Bolton or the raid, posted on X at 7:03 am, Eastern day time: “No one is above the law …@FBI Agents on mission. “”
“Public corruption Will not be tolerated, “the deputy director of the FBI, Deputy Director of the FBI, shared on Friday morning.
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Bolton was Trump’s national security advisor between 2018 and 2019, before Trump returned it because they “did not agree” on political issues.
“I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer necessary in the White House,” Tweeted Trump in 2019. “I do not agree with many of his suggestions, like others in the administration, and therefore I asked John his resignation, which was given to me this morning. I thank John very much for his service. I will appoint a new next national security advisor.”
FBI agents outside the Maryland home of former national security advisor John Bolton on August 22, 2025. (Fox News Digital)
Over the years between Bolton’s fans and Trump’s second presidency, Trump repeatedly criticized his former national security advisor, in particular that he would have triggered “the Second World War” and calling him “one of the most stupid people in the government” in 2023.
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Bolton took his photos to Trump, in particular by affirming in an interview in 2020 that Trump is missing “the competence to carry out work”.
The FBI agents load bags in a vehicle after carrying out a search at the office of the former National Security Advisor in Washington, DC, John Bolton on August 22, 2025. (Fox News Digital)
“I do not think he is adapted to his duties,” said Bolton in 2020. “I don’t think he has the skill to do the work. There is not really any guiding principle that I was able to discern, apart from what is good for the re -election of Donald Trump.”
On the return from Trump to the Oval Office in January, the administration revoked Bolton’s security authorization.
The home of former national security advisor John Bolton was attacked by the FBI early in the morning of August 22, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)
After the news broke out raid on the home of Bolton, FBI officials were also spotted to the former American ambassador to the United Nations Bureau in Washington, DC, withdrawing boxes from the office. Bolton was an ambassador to the UN during the administration of former president George W. Bush.
Fox News Digital contacted Bolton and his office to comment.
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Breanne Deppish of Fox News, David Spunt, Michael Dorgan and Emma Woodhead contributed to this report.
