Top House Republicans praise Kash Patel as FBI raids John Bolton’s home

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky). Raided John Bolton’s home and office.

“I don’t know what John Bolton did. Obviously, he deserves due process,” Comer told U.S. Newsroom on Friday.

“But I do believe Kash Patel and [Attorney General] Pam Bondi and [CIA Director] John Ratcliffe and [Director of National Intelligence] Tulsi Gabbard takes the deep state seriously accountable for all the mistakes and all the abuse of power we have witnessed from the deep state over the past few decades. ”

Comer pointed out Patel’s post on X early Friday morning, saying: “No one is beyond the law.”

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“I think today is a positive day. We’re going to see what Bolton has,” Comer said.

Meanwhile, R-ARK. Rep. Rick Crawford’s chairman of the House Permanent Intelligence Selection Committee said in a statement that he was “closely monitoring the situation.”

“While all defendants were considered innocent until proven guilty in court, the news about this situation was incredible.

A committee spokesman told Fox News Numbers that the FBI gave Crawford and the committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), informed in advance before carrying out the raid. Fox News Digital contacted Himes’ office to comment.

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House Permanent Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford said he was closely monitoring the situation. (Getty Image)

Federal agents raided Bolton’s Maryland home in the early hours of Friday. Agents were also seen entering Bolton’s Washington, D.C. office.

A source told Fox News that the raid was related to potential classification documents Bolton owned.

Bolton serves as president Donald Trump’s During the first term of the Republican leader, from April 2018 to early September 2019, the National Security Advisor.

From August 2005 to December 2006, he was formerly the United Nations ambassador to former President George W. Bush.

FBI agents were loaded into the vehicle after searching for the DC office of former national security adviser John Bolton on August 22, 2025. (Fox News figures)

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But since leaving the first Trump administration, Bolton has not shy away Criticize the President Questions on national security and other issues.

Lifelong Republican Bolton announced in late 2024 that he would not vote for Trump in the November election, but written by former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Fox News Digital sent a speechman Robert Garia to Robert Garia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.