Trump breaks silence on FBI's bombshell early morning raid of 'lowlife' John Bolton's home
By RACHEL BOWMAN, and KATELYN CARALLE,
Donald Trump denied knowing about the FBI raid on the home of his 'low-life' Former National Security Advisor John Bolton on Friday.
The president said during a visit to the White House Historical Association Museum that he will be briefed on the raid later in the day, but admitted he didn't know it was happening until it was in the news.
Slamming his former aide as a 'low-life' and 'not a smart guy,' Trump said: 'He's very bad at what he does.'
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'He doesn't talk, he's like a very quiet person except on television and then he can say something bad about Trump. He'll always do that. But he doesn't talk, he's very quiet,' Trump told reporters.
Trump is set to deliver a mysterious announcement from the Oval Office on Friday. The topic of the speech has not been disclosed, but it is scheduled for 12pm ET.
It comes as FBI agents were spotted at Bolton's DC-area home, which is said to part of the FBI's investigation into the former Trump official involving classified documents.
Bolton, who served as President Donald Trump's NSA from April 2018 until September 2019, has been at odds with Trump ever since parting with the first administration.
Trump responds to John Bolton raid
By Katelyn Caralle
President Donald Trump responded to the raid of his former National Security Adviser John Bolton on Friday by calling him a 'lowlife' and 'not a smart guy.'
During a visit to the White House Historical Association Museum on Friday, the president told press that he will be briefed on the FBI raid later in the day, but admitted he didn’t know it was happening until it was in the news.
'He’s very bad at what he does,' Trump claimed.
'He doesn't talk, he’s like a very quiet person except on television and then he can say something bad about Trump. He’ll always do that. But he doesn’t talk, he’s very quiet,' Trump told reporters.
US President Donald Trump speaks at "The People's House," a White House immersive experience across the street from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, during a tour on August 22, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Roger Stone asks Bolton 'How does it feel?'
By Rachel Bowman
Roger Stone asked John Bolton 'How does it feel' to have your home raided bright and early in the morning shortly after the news broke of an FBI raid at the property of Trump's former national security advisor.
'Good morning. John Bolton. How does it feel to have your home raided at 6 o'clock in the morning?' Stone said on X.
Notably, the raid on Bolton's home started around 7am.
In 2019, Stone was arrested after an early morning raid on his Florida home in connection with Robert Mueller's prob into Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election.
Stone was convicted of those charges, but had his sentence commuted by Trump and was later pardoned.
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Who is John Bolton?
By Rachel Bowman
John Bolton served as Donald Trump's national security adviser from April 2018 to September 2019.
Before joining the Trump administration, he served as the US ambassador to the UN from 2005 to 2006 during the George W Bush administration.
In the 1980s, Bolton served as an assistant attorney general during the Ronald Reagan administration.
Bolton was the third person to take on the role in Trump's first administration and clashed with the president over Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea.
After parting with the administration, Bolton, a Republican, became a vocal critic of Trump.
In June 2020, Bolton published a memoir about his time working for Trump called The Room Where it Happened.
The first Trump administration had unsuccessfully sought to block the publication of a Bolton book that it said contained classified information.
In September 2020, Trump's first-term Justice Department opened a probe into the book. However, during the Biden years, his DOJ did not pursue the investigation further.
Once back in office, Bolton was stripped of his security clearances and Secret Service protection.
Trump's Executive Order specifically cited Bolton's memoir as part of stripping the security clearances of former intelligence officials.
He said Bolton's 'reckless treatment of sensitive information' undermined national security because it risked exposing classified material.
FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2019, file photo, former National security adviser John Bolton gestures while speakings at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Bolton said Monday, July 20, 2020 he believes President Donald Trump committed several impeachable offenses, but Democratic congressional leaders doomed their effort to remove him from office by rushing the process for partisan purposes. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)
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John Bolton raid over classified information, sources say
By Rachel Bowman
The investigation into Former National Security Advisor John Bolton is over whether he illegally shared or possessed classified information, two sources told the New York Times.
FBI agents raid Bolton's Maryland home at 7am on Friday. Several agents were seen carrying boxes in and out of his house.
Other agents were spotted entering Bolton's Washington, DC office.
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John Bolton's neighbor says raid is 'karma'
By Rachel Bowman
One of John Bolton's neighbors told the Daily Mail that the FBI's raid on his Maryland home is 'karma' for not testifying during Trump's impeachment.
'It's disruptive, it's ridiculous, obviously it is to persecute an enemy,' the neighbor named Holly said.
'However, I will say, if he would have testified in the first impeachment hearing, maybe we wouldn't be here, so there is a little bit of karma.'
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Trump makes surprise appearance White House Historical Association
By Rachel Bowman
Donald Trump visited The People's House, an immersive White House experience by the White House Historical Association, on Friday.
The attraction is less than a block away from the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue.
It wasn’t clear what he was doing there and the visit wasn’t on his official schedule.
Trump was spotted on video posted on social media walking into the building with his chief of staff Susie Wiles.
The association has a gift shop and a replica of the Oval Office as part of its educational center about the White House.
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