{"id":174427,"date":"2025-09-25T08:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T12:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=174427"},"modified":"2025-09-24T20:10:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T00:10:36","slug":"fbi-john-boltons-dc-office-had-classified-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=174427","title":{"rendered":"FBI: John Bolton’s DC office had classified documents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The FBI stated that they recovered documents marked as classified during their raid of John Bolton’s Washington D.C. office. The FBI obtained documents referencing weapons of mass destruction, strategic communications, the U.S. mission to the United Nations, and other topics. Bolton’s office had folders marked “secret” and “confidential.” Bolton’s home in Bethesda, Maryland, was also searched that day but the FBI said that they did not recover classified materials from the residence.<\/p>\n

From Politico:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Categories of potentially classified records that the FBI reported finding at Bolton’s office included: travel memo documents with a “secret” label; confidential documents from the U.S. mission to the U.N.; confidential documents related to strategic communications; and classified documents related to weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n

“Secret” is the middle of three major tiers of U.S. national security classification, intended to cover information expected to cause serious damage if disclosed. “Confidential” is the lowest tier, covering information that could cause some damage to national security if released. “Confidential” is often used for routine diplomatic communications.<\/p>\n

The material gathered in the search underscores the potential criminal exposure for Bolton. The federal government has brought prosecutions in the past for those who knowingly retain classified information outside of secure or approved channels.<\/p>\n

An attorney for Bolton, Abbe Lowell, said the records were cleared for Bolton’s use years ago and many of them were more than two decades old.<\/p>\n

“These materials, many of which are documents that had been previously approved as part of a pre-publication review for Amb. Bolton’s book, were reviewed and closed years ago,” Lowell said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“These are the kinds of ordinary records, many of which are 20 years old or more, that would be kept by a 40-year career official who served at the State Department, as an Assistant Attorney General, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and the National Security Advisor. Specifically, the documents with classification markings from the period 1998-2006 date back to Amb. Bolton’s time in the George W. Bush Administration,” Lowell added. “An objective and thorough review will show nothing inappropriate was stored or kept by Amb. Bolton.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gerstein, J. & Cheney, K. (2025, September 24). FBI says it found classified documents in John Bolton’s DC office. Politico<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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