Former Trump administration national security advisor John Bolton was charged on Thursday (October 16, 2025) in a federal investigation into the potential mishandling of classified information, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
The investigation into Bolton, who served for more than a year in President Donald Trump's first administration before being fired in 2019, burst into public view in August when the FBI searched his home in Maryland and his office in Washington for classified records he may have held onto from his years in government.
The existence of the indictment was confirmed to the AP by a person familiar with the matter who could not publicly discuss the charges and spoke to the AP on condition of an
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