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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

FBI Searching John Bolton's Home, Office

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

As today's show begins, the FBI is searching the home and office building of President Trump's former National Security Adviser John Bolton. Also, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is speaking at the central bank's annual gathering. And in Florida, a judge has just ruled that no new detainees can be brought to the facility dubbed Alligator Alcatraz.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Happening now, breaking news. The FBI is the home and office building of former ambassador

0:06.8

John Bolton. What we're learning right now about the search on President Trump's former

0:11.9

national security advisor, this is a huge development. We want to welcome our viewers here in the

0:16.6

United States and around the world. I'm Wolf Blitzer. Pamela Brown is off this morning. You're in the situation room.

0:23.6

This is CNN breaking news. And we're following multiple major breaking stories this morning right now.

0:36.6

The FBI is at the home and office building of President Trump's former national security advisor,

0:42.3

John Bolton. The search is related to the possible retention of national security information.

0:48.3

That, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

0:52.3

We'll have new reporting coming up straight ahead. Also happening now,

0:56.2

the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaking at what will almost certainly be his last

1:01.2

address at the central bank's annual gathering. We're watching for any new hints on a possible

1:06.9

interest rate cut. And in Texas right now, lawmakers are nearing a final vote on new congressional maps as the state Senate gavels in this morning.

1:16.6

And in Florida, judge ruling that no new detainees can be brought to the facility the Trump administration has dubbed Alligator Alcatraz.

1:25.6

Opponents of the facility are speaking about it right now.

1:29.3

We begin this hour with the breaking news, major breaking news, just after dawn this morning,

1:34.3

a truly stunning development.

1:36.3

FBI agents searching the home of former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton.

1:42.3

The source tells CNN the court authorized search is part of a national security investigation.

1:48.8

CNN's senior justice correspondent Evan Perez is right outside Bolton's home in Bethesda,

1:53.8

Maryland, just outside of Washington.

1:55.7

CNN Crime and Justice correspondent Caitlin Polance is here with me in the Situation Room, and senior reporter Betsy

2:02.2

Klein is over at the White House. Evan, let's start with you. What are you learning?

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