Ammon News - FBI agents searched the home and office of Donald Trump's ex-national security adviser John Bolton on Friday, as part of an apparent investigation into the handling of classified information.

The high-profile Republican aide has been a vocal critic of Trump since quitting his first administration in 2019, and was previously accused by the White House of misusing classified information in his 2020 account of working with the president.

The FBI has not commented in detail but sources familiar with the search told CBS News it was related in part to classified documents.

Bolton - who is yet to comment on the investigation - has not been detained and no criminal charges have been filed.

Asked by reporters what the investigation was about, Trump said he did not "want to get involved" in the matter, but referred to Bolton as a "sleazebag". The president said he had not directly ordered the searches.

In an interview with NBC News, Vice President JD Vance said classified documents are "certainly part of [the investigation]" and also alluded to "broad concern" about Bolton, without offering further detail.

He said the FBI would only bring a case against Bolton if "they determine that he has broken the law" and said the investigation was not politically motivated, as Democratic politicians have claimed.

Police vehicles and FBI personnel were seen at Bolton's home in the Washington DC suburb of Bethesda, Maryland on Friday morning, some of whom were seen taking boxes inside the property.

In a statement sent to CBS, the FBI said it was conducting "authorised activity in the area".

FBI agents were also seen at Bolton's office in Washington DC.

Bolton returned to his Maryland home on Friday afternoon but did not speak to reporters outside. BBC