US EditionFBI affidavit to search Bolton home shows focus on personal email hack
The affidavit reveals a foreign entity hacked Bolton's email, prompting a national security investigation into possible mishandling of classified information, with no charges filed yet.
- Federal investigators believed they would find classified records in John Bolton's Maryland home due to evidence of a foreign adversary hacking his email.
- The information about the email hack became a key reason for the belief that Bolton may have violated laws related to the unsecured keeping of classified records after leaving the White House.
- Intelligence suggested Bolton's emails might have been intercepted by China, Russia, or Iran, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
- Bolton's attorney stated that Bolton had ordinary records and claimed that the Justice Department was under pressure for political reasons.
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John Bolton’s personal email account was hacked by foreign entity, FBI docs reveal
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton allegedly used a private email account that was at one point hacked by a "foreign entity," an FBI search warrant affidavit released Friday revealed.
Foreign hack of John Bolton’s AOL account cited as part of reasoning for searching his house
Federal investigators had reason to believe they would find classified records in a search of John Bolton’s Maryland home last month partly because of what they had learned about a foreign adversary hacking his email years ago, according to a search warrant affidavit released Friday.
FBI affidavit to search Bolton home shows focus on personal email hack
Friday court filings offer additional insight into the basis for an FBI investigation into President Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, discussing his book in detail while completely redacting an episode in which a foreign entity hacked his personal email. The affidavit, initially filed with the courts on Aug. 21, details that agents believed…
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WellandTribune.caJudge releases redacted document used to justify search of John Bolton’s home
FBI's search warrant affidavit said there was probable cause to believe classified information and national defense information were being kept at Bolton's home.
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