Bolton Raid Instigated By Foreign Govt Hack Into His AOL Account, FBI Affidavit Says
Jennifer Bowers Bahney Sep 12th, 2025, 3:32 pm
The FBI has released the affidavit that was used to obtain a search warrant for former Trump national security adviser John Bolton’s home.
Agents swarmed Bolton’s home last month for what was called a “national security probe.”
During the raid, FBI Director Kash Patel tweeted , “ NO ONE is above the law … @FBI agents on mission.”
“A lot of it is heavily redacted,” MSNBC’s Katy Tur noted of the affidavit.
Justice and intelligence correspondent Ken Dilanian explained, “There’s a whole section of that affidavit — I think it’s the most important section — that’s blacked out, under the heading, ‘Hack of John Bolton’s AOL account by a Forei