John Bolton Probe Focused on Classified Emails Obtained by Foreign Spies, Heated Up Under Biden: Report

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The investigation into President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton is focused on the mishandling of classified information later obtained by foreign spies after he emailed it to friends while penning his book, an explosive New York Times report has found.

The feds reportedly learned that a rival government had emails with “sensitive information” that Bolton had sent on an unclassified system, anonymous sources told the Times.

The emails in question, according to the people, were sent by Mr. Bolton and included information that appeared to derive from classified documents he had seen while he was national security adviser. Mr. Bolton apparently sent the messages to people close to him who were helping him gather material that he would ultimately use in his 2020 memoir, “The Room Where It Happened.”

It’s not clear which country’s spy agency had gotten a hold of the information.

The investigation into Bolton stems from the Biden administration, the Times reported, but came to a head last week as the FBI raided his Maryland residence and D.C. office.

Bolton, who was home at the time of the raid on his Bethesda residence, was not arrested.

He did not comment when contacted by the Times.

Bolton has emerged as one of Trump’s most vocal right-leaning critics in the years since Bolton left his first administration under tense circumstances.

The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has not been shy about ripping his former boss who he once claimed has a “mind full of mush.”