FBI agents searched Bolton’s Maryland home and Washington, DC, office last August, but the investigation began before Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.
Bolton served for more than a year in Trump’s first administration before getting pushed out in 2019.
He later published a book titled “The Room Where it Happened,” which presented an unflattering portrait of Trump’s leadership.
The Trump administration fought unsuccessfully to block the book’s release, claiming it contained classified information that could jeopardise national security.
Trump derided Bolton as a “crazy” warmonger who would have led the country into “World War Six.”
Bolton’s indictment focused on notes that he shared with his wife and daughter rather than the contents of his book.
After sending one document, Bolton wrote in a message to his relatives, “None of which we talk about!!!” In response, one of his relatives wrote, “Shhhhh,” prosecutors said.
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