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A federal grand jury has indicted the President donald trumpis the former National Security Advisor John Bolton — becoming the latest critic in the growing feud between the president and his former confidant.
Trump’s Justice Department, which is prosecuting the case, announced the indictment Thursday along with the attorney general palm bondi Saying, “No one is above the law.”
FBI held early in the morning Raid on Bolton’s house in bethesda, marylandin August. It was reported at the time that this was part of a classified document investigation.
After the raid, Bolton’s lawyer Abbey Lovell said the material was nothing more than “a general record of a 40-year career serving this country”.
bolt on Has become a vocal critic of Trumpespecially Regarding the President’s attitude towards RussiaBut a few years ago, Bolton was one of Trump’s top foreign policy advisers during the president’s first term in the White House. He served as the National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019 and was praised by the President.
But there was a big fight between the two north koreaAnd Trump fired Bolton in a social media post. This led to Bolton becoming a frequent critic.
Here’s all you need to know about the fight and some important moments between the two individuals:
march 2018
A year after first interviewing for the position of National Security Advisor and losing to H.R. McMaster, Trump announced on Twitter (now X) that Bolton would take on the role – despite rumors that the President was not a fan of Bolton’s signature mustache.
Things started well, and a month later, Bolton pressured the president to step down iran nuclear dealWhich he did in May.
July 2018
The pair continued to move forward even after Bolton declined to make definitive comments about the Russian president in July Vladimir Putin Was involved in Kremlin cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Even after the US indicted 12 Russian military intelligence officers for hacking the DNC, Bolton remained diplomatic, telling Russian radio station Echo Moskvy that no such interference would have affected the outcome of the election.
This came despite Bolton’s previous rhetoric in 2017 that any intervention by Russia would be “a true act of war, and Washington will never tolerate it.”
May 2019
By May the following year, cracks in the relationship began to appear. the new York Times The reporting found Trump privately complaining about Bolton and his advice – he later publicly criticized him on North Korea and Iran.
August 2019
The isolation continued even after a scandal erupted alleging that Trump attempted to force Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden To harm the Democrats’ 2020 presidential campaign.
Bolton later wrote in his memoir that the president told him in August 2019 that he wanted to continue withholding aid to Ukraine until officials there investigated his rival and other top Democrats.
September 2019
In an online post, Trump announced that Bolton had been fired, saying that he “strongly disagreed with many of his suggestions, as did others in the administration” – though he thanked Bolton “very much for his service.”
Although accounts appeared to differ, Bolton wrote in response: “I offered to resign last night and President Trump said, ‘Let’s talk about it tomorrow.'”
The shooting occurred when Bolton tried to stop Trump from signing a peace deal with the Taliban, according to new York TimesTrump did not sign the agreement but was unhappy with the way things turned out. Trump and his advisers were angered by media reports about where Bolton stood and how much support his viewpoint received.
November 2019
Despite the firing, Bolton refused to attend his scheduled deposition in the House impeachment inquiry against Trump, and threatened to take legal action if he was subpoenaed.
He later said he was willing to testify, but only after a federal court ruled on the competing claims of the Trump administration and Congress.
January 2020
The Trump administration forced a delay in the publication of Bolton’s memoir, “The Room Where It Happened”, after he filed a federal lawsuit claiming he breached his contract by failing to complete pre-publication review for classified information.
The 577-page book was finally published in June of that year and presented an unflattering description of the President, describing him as having little knowledge of foreign policy. “Trump saw conspiracies behind the rocks, and remained astonishingly ignorant about how to run the White House, let alone the vast federal government,” Bolton wrote.
June 2022
Bolton defends Trump in an interview on CNN about the January 6 riots AxiosSaying that this was not a planned coup.
“Donald Trump doesn’t work that way,” Bolton told CNN. “It’s a wandering from one idea to another, one plan fails and another emerges.”
April 2023
Bolton criticized Trump, saying it was a mistake for Republicans to align with the president for the 2024 election.
“It goes to the question of character and fitness for the presidency,” Bolton told CBS News.
January 2024
In a new introduction to the book, Bolton expressed his fears about a second Trump presidency, saying the president was “unsuited” for the top job. He wrote, “If his first four years were bad, his second four years will be even worse.”
Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller said, “For someone who claims to have such great disdain for President Trump, ‘Book Deal Bolton’ has certainly found a way to sour the relationship.” Axios In those days.
January 2025
Almost immediately after returning to office in January 2025, Trump stripped Bolton of his security protection, along with those of other political opponents.
August 2025
Bolton expressed deep skepticism ahead of the Alaska meeting between Trump and Putin and the possibility of peace between Russia and Ukraine. “I don’t think there will be a peace deal anywhere in the near future,” Bolton told CNN’s Jake Tapper.
A week later, Bolton continued to criticize Trump’s efforts at diplomacy. “The meetings will continue because Trump wants the Nobel Peace Prize, but I don’t think these talks will make any progress,” he wrote on Twitter.
On 22 August, Bolton’s home was raided.
October 2025
Bolton is accused of illegally sending hundreds of pages of classified national defense information to his family members, including foreign intelligence information and details of U.S. government covert operations, as well as other documents labeled “top secret,” according to his indictment.
He was charged with eight counts of disseminating national defense information and 10 counts of unlawfully possessing NDI.
Bolton denied any wrongdoing in the classified documents matter and issued a statement Thursday saying the allegations were part of an effort to “intimidate” Trump’s opponents.
With reporting from Rachel Dobkin.