Former Trump advisor John Bolton faces possible indictment


Former National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks to reporters after speaking in a panel hosted by the National Council of Resistance of Iran – U.S. Representative Office (NCRI-US) at the Willard InterContinental Hotel on Aug. 17, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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Federal prosecutors in Maryland are expected to ask a grand jury there on Thursday to indict John Bolton, a former national security advisor to President Donald Trump, according to multiple media reports.

If he is indicted, Bolton would be the third high-profile Trump foe in recent weeks to be criminally charged.

Grand juries in Virginia separately indicted former FBI Director James Comey on charges related to allegedly lying to Congress, and New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is accused of bank fraud related to a mortgage on a home she owns in Virginia. They have denied any wrongdoing.

FBI agents on Aug. 22 raided Bolton’s Maryland home and office in Washington, D.C.

The raids are part of a “national security investigation in search of classified records,” a person familiar with the matter told NBC News at the time.

CNBC has requested comment from Bolton’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell.

FBI agents carry boxes as they exit the building that houses the Washington office of former National Security Adviser John Bolton, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 22, 2025.

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