NEW: FBI Reveals Evidence Collected During John Bolton Raid

Additional details on the raid targeting former National Security Adviser John Bolton have emerged after the FBI released a public inventory of the items seized from his properties in an August 22 raid.

Federal investigators seized three computers, two iPhones and reams of documents from Bolton’s Bethesda, Maryland home last month. The bureau also confirmed that Bolton is under criminal investigation for potentially mishandling classified documents and could soon face criminal charges.

The FBI raided both Bolton’s Maryland home and an office building in Washington D.C. as part of an investigation as to whether the 76-year-old illegally took classified documents to include in a book he published in 2020.

In addition to the electronic devices, agents seized two USB drives, a hard drive, four boxes of “printed daily activities,” “typed documents in folders labeled ‘Trump I – IV’” and a white binder labeled “statements and reflections to allied strikes,” according to an inventory released to the public Thursday. The warrant also confirmed that Bolton is being investigated for allegedly violating two sections of the Espionage Act of 1917, which prohibits unauthorized removal or possession of national defense information.

The former Trump ally turned critic is also possibly in violation of another law pertaining to hoarding classified documents, investigators said.

Credible accusations against Bolton first surfaced in 2020, when the Trump Administration filed a lawsuit attempting to block the release of his book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.” The government argued that Bolton did not go through the proper vetting process with the National Security Council when drafting the book, a mandatory process for government officials seeking to publish works that may contain classified information.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth refused to block the publication, but only because it was too late. He did conclude, however, that Bolton “likely published classified materials” and had “exposed his country to harm.” He later allowed the wider lawsuit to go forward, which was ultimately dismissed by the Biden Administration in 2021.

Last week, the New York Times reported that the United States was able to gather data from a spy service belonging to an adversarial nation indicating that Bolton, during his tenure with the Trump Administration in 2019, shared emails that may have contained classified information. The emails were sent to several people close to Bolton through an unsecured server, sources familiar with the investigation told The Times.

Despite constant allegations from Democrats and mainstream media pundits of political targeting on the part of the Trump Administration, The Times reported that the current investigation into Bolton “began to pick up steam” during the Biden presidency. Investigators also believe that documents allegedly taken by Bolton were accessed by an “adversarial” foreign government.

Bolton has not yet been arrested and is not currently facing any criminal charges. If ultimately charged with Espionage Act violations, however, he could ultimately spent up to 25 years in federal prison.