President Trump humorously said, "I think we call for drug tests on the debate." š
FBI agents early Friday raided the home of former National Security Advisor John Bolton as part of an investigation into a national security matter, U.S. officials toldĀ Just the News.
FBI Director Kash Patel hinted at the action in a cryptic post on his X social media account.
āNO ONE is above the law⦠FBI agents on mission,ā Patel wrote.
Officials said the search of Boltonās home involved a national security case that began under the Biden administration, but wasnāt aggressively pursued until Patel took over earlier this year. They declined to be more specific.
Bolton was one of several national security advisers for Trump, but was eventually fired and became a critic of the current president and Patel's nomination as FBI Director.
Earlier this year, Trump pulled Bolton's security clearance and Secret Service protection, drawing objections from some GOP senators like Tom Cotton of Arkansas.
After that action, Bolton eerily predicted he might face further action from Patel's FBI.
"I think the central characteristic Trump seems to be looking for in all of the appointees weāve seen so far is fealty to him," he told the Christian Science Monitor in January. "A lot of people say itās loyalty. Loyalty is a virtue, itās a good thing. Thatās not what Trump wants. He wants fealty to him. He wants submissiveness. He wants yes-men and yes-women. And Kash Patel has demonstrated, in his service in Trumpās first term, that heāll simply do whatever Trump wants.
In response to a question in the interview about Patel, he said: "I donāt think heās qualified," Bolton told the Christian Science Monitor Ā "And if there is a retribution campaign, and there certainly seems to be, he would be a central element of it. I think thatās dangerous."