Overview
- Newly unsealed inventories say agents collected documents labeled classified, secret, and confidential during the August 22 search of Bolton’s Washington office.
- Seized records referenced weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, a U.S. government strategic communications plan, and travel memos with pages marked secret.
- The same morning, agents searched Bolton’s Bethesda home and took electronic devices and files, though the inventory listed no overtly classified documents there.
- Court filings state investigators are reviewing potential violations of 18 U.S.C. § 793 and § 1924 under a warrant approved by U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya.
- Bolton’s attorney says many items date from 1998–2006 and were previously vetted during a pre‑publication review for his 2020 book, while significant portions of the affidavit remain redacted and no charges have been filed.