Bolton Raid Instigated By Foreign Govt Hack Into His AOL Account, FBI Affidavit Says

"What I understand from two sources, and what The New York Times has reported, is that the United States government obtained John Bolton's emails, some of those emails from an adversarial foreign government, unnamed. And in that dump contained evidence that led to some concerns about his handling of classified information. And this happened during the Biden administration. The Biden Justice Department reviewed this. They opted not to bring charges. They didn't conduct a search."

"In part, I'm told there were concerns about the sensitivity of how they acquired that information and that, in fact, it's quite damaging that the public has been told that they acquired these emails from that foreign government, because that foreign government now knows that the United States had access to their to their systems. We don't know what the evidence is, but it was enough to convince two separate federal judges that there was probable cause to believe a crime had been committed"

Federal agents executed a search of John Bolton's home using a warrant supported by a newly released affidavit. Large portions of the affidavit are heavily redacted, including a section titled 'Hack of John Bolton's AOL account by a Foreign Government.' The United States government obtained Bolton's emails, some reportedly acquired from an adversarial foreign government, and those emails contained material that raised concerns about his handling of classified information. That collection occurred during the Biden administration. The Justice Department reviewed the matter and did not bring charges, citing concerns about the sensitivity of how the material was acquired. Two federal judges found probable cause to authorize the search. Bolton was not arrested or charged.

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