The Bolton Investigation Reportedly Involves More Than the Old Controversy over His Memoir

There is new information about the Trump administration’s investigation of John Bolton. The probe, which I covered here and here, resulted in last week’s FBI searches of Bolton’s Maryland home and Washington, D.C., office, based on warrants authorized by two different federal magistrate judges — one in each of those districts. This could be alarming for Bolton. Clearly, administration officials are pushing back against suggestions that they are engaged in nothing more than retributive lawfare against a political enemy of the president.

Relying on leaks from unidentified sources, the New York Times (in an article co-written by five of its top reporters) confirms that the investigation stems from the classified information controversy over the 2020 publication of Bolton’s memoir (The Room Where It Happened) of his stint as Trump’s national security adviser (NSA). Released in the heat of the campaign leading to the election that Trump lost, the book portrayed the president as corrupt and incompetent.

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Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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There is new information about the Trump administration’s investigation of John Bolton. The probe, which I covered here and here, resulted in last week’s FBI searches of Bolton’s Maryland home and Washington, D.C., office, based on warrants authorized by two different federal magistrate judges — one in each of those districts. This could be alarming for Bolton. Clearly, administration officials are pushing back against suggestions that they are engaged in nothing more than retributive lawfare against a political enemy of the president.

Relying on leaks from unidentified sources, the New York Times (in an article co-written by five of its top reporters) confirms that the investigation stems from the classified information controversy over the 2020 publication of Bolton’s memoir (The Room Where It Happened) of his stint as Trump’s national security adviser (NSA). Released in the heat of the campaign leading to the election that Trump lost, the book portrayed the president as corrupt and incompetent.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.