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Bolton may be in hot water as FBI investigation
expands beyond controversial book

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Posted By: earlybird, 8/27/2025 11:58:07 AM

The FBI’s raid on John Bolton’s home and office is tied to an investigation that reaches beyond his controversial book, a source told Fox News Digital, fueling speculation that the former Trump adviser could face criminal charges(snip) Prominent D.C.-based attorney Mark Zaid, who specializes in national security, said that while there are many unknowns about the Department of Justice’s investigation into Bolton, his memoir, "(snip) if he maintains any copies of early drafts which were determined to contain ‘voluminous’ amounts of classified information when it was first submitted to the White House for review,"āsnip). "Those drafts were likely disseminated, per normal course of business, to his literary agent, publisher and lawyer."

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I wondered about where drafts might have gone before the pre-publication security review

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Reply 1 - Posted by: anniebc 8/27/2025 4:18:55 PM (No. 1996280)
Tired of the maybes, thinking ofs, couda, woulda shouldas. How long, ya'll?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: crashnburn 8/27/2025 6:02:53 PM (No. 1996324)
PDJT 2.0 is going after Bolton because he broke the law, not because he's a political rival of PDJT 2.0. That goes for the other people he has in his crosshairs, too.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 8/27/2025 7:02:02 PM (No. 1996337)
Ashley, try wording your headline this way - "Bolton is in hot water as FBI investigation expands beyond controversial book". See how that works for you.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Lawsy0 8/28/2025 12:17:45 AM (No. 1996399)
IMHO, the water will never be hot enough for Bolton.
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