Case Intel
- John Bolton, former national security adviser and longtime Washington fixture, is expected to be criminally charged possibly next week, as a Maryland grand jury has examined alleged improper possession of classified documents.
- A heavily redacted search affidavit, recently unsealed, hints that FBI agents seized phones, computer equipment, and classified files — and mentions a foreign hack of Bolton’s AOL account. AP News
- With public pressure mounting over the DOJ’s handling of the arrest of James Comey, Washington watchers believe the DOJ and FBI will proceed with a formal arrest and perp walk — handcuffs, mugshot, the works — to prove “no one is above the law.”
WASHINGTON, DC – In Mid-September, the FBI raided Bolton’s Bethesda, Maryland, home under a court-approved warrant seeking classified national security records. Bolton’s defense, led by Abbe Lowell, insists he did nothing illegal and that the documents in his possession were from earlier periods in public service — allegedly a common practice among long-time government officials.
