FBI agents leave the office of John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Trump, with several boxes and other materials on August 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Leyden/Getty Images

Federal investigators had reason to believe they would find classified records in a search of John Bolton’s Maryland home last month partly because of what they had learned about a foreign adversary hacking his email years ago, according to a search warrant affidavit released Friday.

Information around the hack could become a central part of the case that investigators have been working on for years, if Bolton were to be charged with a crime, the search warrant suggests.

Bolton was a national security adviser during President Donald Trump’s first term and a longtime war hawk and foreig

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