WASHINGTON − FBI agents searched former national security adviser John Bolton’s house in suburban Maryland, in what the agency called a “court authorized activity" and critics of the administration called "vindictive" and "unnecessary."

Bolton, who served in President Donald Trump ’s first term, was previously investigated for allegedly including classified information in his 2020 book about the administration. But the Justice Department dropped that inquiry without charges.

Bolton has become a vocal critic of the administration’s foreign policy and called the president unfit to serve. Trump, who revoked Bolton's security detail and his security clearance after returning to the White House this year, called Bolton a “lowlife” on Aug. 22 but said he didn’t know more about the s

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