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Bolton investigated over classified documents, Vance says

The FBI raided the home of John Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser, early Friday. Vice President Vance pointed to classified documents as the reason.

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Vance said in an interview with NBC News’s Kristen Welker for "Meet the Press" that "classified documents are certainly part of" the reason for the raid, in addition to broader concerns about Bolton that investigators are planning "to look into."

"If there's no crime here, we're not going to prosecute it. If there is a crime here, of course, Ambassador Bolton will get his day in court," Vance added. "That's how it should be. But again, our focus here is on, did he break the law? Did he commit crimes against the American people? If so, then he deserves to be prosecuted."

During Trump's first term in office, Bolton was investigated for what the administration said was classified information published in his memoir, “The Room Where It Happened."

The investigation was later dropped during the Biden administration.

Ever since his tenure as national security adviser came to a close, Bolton has become a harsh critic of Trump, often appearing on cable news outlets to bash the president's foreign policy.

Trump said Friday he had no advanced notice of the raid, but he referred to Bolton as “very unpatriotic.”

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