WASHINGTON — Friday’s FBI raid of the home and office of President Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton , came more than five years after the 45th president’s administration began probing possible disclosures of classified information in his 2020 memoir.

Bolton, now 76, served as Trump’s third national security adviser from April 2018 until his firing in September 2019, after which he began drafting a tell-all about his time in the Trump White House.

The book, “The Room Where It Happened,” was released in June 2020 following a prolonged review by the White House National Security Council that delayed publication. 4

In April and May 2020, Bolton’s words were scrutinized by members of the NSC — including Ellen Knight, a staff member detailed from the National Arc

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