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Jeff Bartos says UN reform is no longer an ‘oxymoron’ after $570M in cuts
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UNITED NATIONS — When Jeff Bartos appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2025 for his confirmation hearing, he was warned that the job he was seeking might not exist.
The Pennsylvania businessman, former political candidate and endurance athlete had been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as U.S. ambassador for United Nations Management and Reform — a title that has long sounded aspirational in a building famous for bureaucracy.
During his confirmation hearing, Bartos recalled being greeted with a dose of skepticism.
«UN reform? That’s an oxymoron if I’ve ever heard one,» lawmakers told him.
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When Jeff Bartos appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2025 for his confirmation hearing, he was warned that the job he was seeking might not exist. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
Less than a year later, Bartos believes the impossible is beginning to happen.
In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, the Trump administration official laid out an ambitious campaign to reshape an institution critics say has become bloated, inefficient and increasingly disconnected from its founding mission.
The effort comes at a pivotal moment for the United Nations. The stakes extend well beyond budgets. As the U.N. confronts a cash crunch, prepares to choose its next secretary-general and faces growing scrutiny from the administration, the debate over reform has become a battle over the institution’s future: whether it remains on its current course or undergoes its most significant restructuring in decades.
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Feb. 28, 2026, following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. (Heather Khalifa/Reuters)
Secretary-General António Guterres has repeatedly warned of a growing liquidity crisis as the organization struggles with delayed member-state payments, including billions owed by the United States. At the same time, the Trump administration has made clear that future funding and support will be increasingly tied to reforms.
Bartos argues that pressure is already producing results.
Sitting at the U.N. headquarters, he points to what he calls historic achievements: roughly $570 million cut from the U.N.’s regular budget and 2,900 positions eliminated through negotiations among all 193 member states.
«Again, never happened before in 80 years,» Bartos said.
«$570 million cut to the regular budget, approximately 3,000 posts cut. Unanimity. That’s by consensus. All 193 countries had to come together.»
For Bartos, the achievement is particularly striking because many diplomats viewed meaningful reform as impossible.
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As the U.N. confronts a cash crunch, prepares to choose its next secretary-general and faces growing scrutiny from the administration, the debate over reform has become a battle over the institution’s future. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
«I promised you we wouldn’t let you down,» he recalled telling Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch months after his confirmation.
The reforms represent only what Bartos describes as a «down payment.» The next phase is already underway.
As member states negotiate peacekeeping budgets for the coming year, the administration is pushing to reduce spending, streamline missions and eliminate programs it believes no longer serve their intended purpose.
One example, Bartos said, involves changing how the U.N. reimburses countries that contribute equipment to peacekeeping missions.
Previously, reimbursement was largely based on whether equipment was present.
«The methodology that the U.N. used to reimburse troop-contributing countries for equipment was: ‘Is it there?’» Bartos said.
The United States pushed for a simple change: «You get reimbursed when the equipment is put into action to do work.»
The reform could save roughly $30 million annually, according to U.S. estimates.
For Bartos, however, the dollar figure matters less than what it represents.
«It’s a culture change,» he said. «Being efficient, being respectful of every dollar, thinking about the taxpayers who fund all this.»
That mindset is driving the administration’s next major targets: employee compensation and pensions.
Bartos argues that the U.N.’s pension system and benefits structure consume resources that could otherwise be directed toward humanitarian operations.
Not everyone at the United Nations agrees with Bartos’ assessment. U.N. officials argue that many of the reforms predate the Trump administration and were already being pursued under Secretary-General António Guterres.
«From day one, the Secretary-General has been committed to reforms,» U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told Fox News Digital and added, «A few days ago, on 28 May, the Secretary-General told Member States that they need to act on structural reform, saying, «Genuine reform requires tough choices. This is no time for complacency, self-interest, or foot-dragging.»
The UN80 initiative is Guterres’ flagship reform effort, aimed at cutting duplication, reviewing mandates and making the UN system more efficient.
Still, Bartos argues the pace and scope of reform changed dramatically once the United States began applying pressure through budget negotiations and funding discussions.
«The U.N. is at a decision point,» Bartos told Fox News Digital.
The debate comes as the organization faces mounting financial pressure. Dujarric said Guterres remains deeply concerned about ongoing liquidity challenges caused by delayed payments from member states, including the United States.
«Unlike a government, the U.N. cannot borrow or print money,» Dujarric said, warning that the organization is expected to execute programs with funds it has not received while also returning unused funds at the end of the year.
Earlier in 2026, Guterres urged member states either to pay their assessed contributions in full and on time or overhaul the U.N.’s financial rules to prevent what he described as the risk of financial collapse.
The reforms are unfolding as the U.N. begins preparing for one of the most consequential transitions in years: the search for a successor to Guterres, whose term expires at the end of 2026.
According to Bartos, reform has become a central topic in discussions with prospective candidates.
The administration hopes the next secretary-general will embrace efforts to reduce bureaucracy and return the institution to what Bartos repeatedly describes as a «back-to-basics» approach.
The challenge, he acknowledges, is enormous.
Yet Bartos insists the experience has prepared him in unexpected ways.
Before entering government, he completed two Ironman triathlons while balancing work and family life.
«It’s discipline, planning, prioritization,» he said. «It’s not dissimilar to budget negotiations.»
The comparison may sound unusual, but it reflects how Bartos views the job: not as a sprint, but as an endurance race requiring patience, persistence and long-term thinking.
The mission also carries a personal dimension.
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Bartos argues that the UN’s pension system and benefits structure consume resources that could otherwise be directed toward humanitarian operations. (Heather Khalifa/AP Photo)
After two unsuccessful statewide campaigns in Pennsylvania — first as the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in 2018 and later as a candidate in the state’s 2022 Republican Senate primary — Bartos said he had largely stepped away from politics before returning to public service following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel.
Bartos recalled his wife urging him to get involved: «You’ve spent your life working on these issues. You need to do something.»
He ultimately joined efforts to help elect Trump and later accepted the U.N. role.
Now, after tackling what many considered the first impossible mission — reforming the United Nations — Bartos is preparing for what may prove an even harder challenge.
Bartos said he was recently tasked by U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz with helping lead efforts to combat what the administration views as entrenched anti-Israel bias across the U.N. system, including agencies, special rapporteurs and investigative bodies.
The debate intensified following the publication of the U.N. secretary-general’s annual report on conflict-related sexual violence, which added Israeli security forces to the report’s blacklist of parties credibly suspected of patterns of sexual violence in armed conflict. Israel rejected the allegations and announced it would suspend engagement with Secretary-General António Guterres’ office.
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President Donald Trump addresses the 74th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters Sept. 24, 2019, during his first term. (AAnthony Behar/Sipa USA)
Responding to the report, Waltz told Fox News Digital that the UN has failed to address what he described as a longstanding pattern of institutional antisemitism.
«The U.N. was built in the wake of World War II and the Holocaust, and yet, remarkably, it continues to be weaponized against the Jewish people and Israel,» Waltz said. «Whether it’s a U.N. official regularly referencing Israel as a ‘stain on humanity’ and attacking American companies for doing business with Israel, or reports that spread misinformation and propaganda, this antisemitism is completely unacceptable.»
«It’s been over a year since the secretary general signed off on an ‘action plan’ to fight antisemitism at the institution — it would be nice if the institution actually used it,» he added.
Bartos argues that anti-Israel bias has become embedded across multiple U.N. bodies and says the administration is working to dismantle what he calls that infrastructure through diplomacy, funding decisions and engagement with the next generation of U.N. leadership.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 26, 2025, with many seats empty. (Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)
«There is not a day that goes by that we’re not working on that,» Bartos said.
The United Nations rejects accusations that it has ignored antisemitism within its ranks.
Dujarric told Fox News Digital that the secretary-general launched a formal Action Plan to Combat Antisemitism in January 2025 aimed at tracking antisemitism within U.N. structures and evaluating whether the organization’s policies and actions are effectively addressing the problem.
Dujarric also disputed suggestions that Guterres directly controls some of the U.N. bodies most frequently criticized by Israel and its supporters.
«The U.N. mechanisms that you allude to, including human rights mechanisms, are created by and accountable to Member States,» Dujarric said. «The Secretary-General has no authority over them.»
«It is very important for Member States to actively engage in these mechanisms if they have concerns about their content and tone,» he added.
«The U.N. is at a decision point,» Bartos concluded.
Whether the institution changes enough to satisfy its largest financial contributor remains one of the most consequential questions facing the organization — and the man charged with answering it insists the work is only beginning.
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Iran nuclear deal hinges on IAEA access to long-blocked atomic weapon sites, experts say
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Having crushed Iran’s nuclear capabilities during two wars in joint attacks with the Israelis, the latest and most significant chapter of whether there will be peace is whether the regime will allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to its nuclear weapons facilities.
Conflicting statements and reports from President Trump and Iran’s Foreign Ministry suggest the U.N.’s IAEA will face the same recalcitrant policy from Tehran it has experienced for two decades in blocking its inspectors from conducting robust verification of the clerical regime’s vast nuclear facilities, including underground compounds. The IAEA sticking point might be a deal-breaker for President Trump.
David Albright, who is widely viewed as one of the world’s leading experts on Iran’s nuclear weapons program, told Fox News Digital the «IAEA comes up short» in its efforts to secure information and verification about Iran’s nuclear weapons program because «Iran has not cooperated for twenty years.»
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Unidentified International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors at the nuclear research center of Natanz on Jan. 20, 2014. (Kazem Ghane /IRNA/AFP via Getty Images)
Albright, a physicist and president of the Institute for Science and International Security said, «Iran loves to generate plans of action that can be extended» and the process becomes a «pointless exercise.»
For Iran experts like Albright, Iran’s skill in the art of procrastination has allowed it to stretch out talks over the decades while working to advance its work on a nuclear weapons device and a missile system to deliver it.
As a result, Albright said «it colors my view of the MOU [Memorandum of Understanding]» agreed to between the U.S. and Iran that codifies IAEA inspections of Iran’s atomic weapons program.
Albright sees the IAEA as a key test for the success of U.S.-Iran talks. «The way Iran treats the IAEA will tell us if the negotiations are meaningful,» adding that Tehran’s regime has treated the IAEA terribly in the past.
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President Donald Trump (C) gestures as he addresses the media alongside United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer (L), U.S. Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick (2L), U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2R) and U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent (R) during a closing press conference at the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France. (Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)
The website of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared in a statement that «Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei, speaking to reporters, denied reports published by certain media outlets claiming that the Islamic Republic of Iran has invited the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect its nuclear facilities.»
A headline in the Islamic Republic News Agency Wednesday stated, «No plan for access to Iran’s attacked nuclear facilities without final deal, says deputy FM.» The regime-controlled outlet noted that Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi wrote on his X account that no meeting was held with Grossi in Switzerland, despite the IAEA head requesting that Iran meet with him. «There is no plan for access to the facilities that were attacked or to the nuclear materials,» Gharibabadi wrote.
On Friday in Japan, IAEA Director Rafael Grossi told reporters, «This agreement expressly indicates that the nuclear part will be supervised, monitored, by the IAEA.» He added that «a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was subscribed by the two presidents, by President Donald Trump and President Pezeshkian from Iran, and this agreement expressly indicates that the nuclear part will be supervised, monitored, by the IAEA.»
He noted that «initial conversations» have started about inspections of Iran’s nuclear sites. «We hope to be there soon,» he said. It is unclear if Grossi’s team will examine all Iranian nuclear weapons facilities and suspected nuclear sites.
The IAEA declined to answer a detailed Fox News Digital press query on why previous IAEA oversight efforts failed; what would be different this time; whether inspectors can access meaningful sites or only symbolic locations; and would the IAEA focus on access to the Pickaxe Mountain facility versus sites already damaged or buried.
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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi meets with Iran’s then Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran, Iran, on May 6, 2024. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA)
Albright said Israel’s government has identified ten or more sites where Iran is suspected of being involved in nuclear weapons. The IAEA spokesman declined to comment on whether their inspectors will demand to visit those sites.
Jason Brodsky, policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), told Fox News Digital that «Iran should be made to come clean and allow inspections not only at declared nuclear sites — especially the ones damaged during Operation Midnight Hammer — but also at universities, military bases and other state organizations that have been used to engage in dual-use research which is applicable to the development of a nuclear weapon should there be a leadership decision to do so. Inspections on Iran’s nuclear weaponization program were not part of the original 2015 JCPOA, which was one of its weaknesses.»
The JCPOA, whose formal name is the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was negotiated by former President Obama’s administration in 2015. Albright, a sharp critic of the JCPOA, said the Obama deal accepted that Iran did not cooperate and «swept it under the rug.» Albright warned that «It is really important that the U.S. [Trump administration] not do a JCPOA.»
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Trump withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018. He said at the time the JCPOA was a «horrible one-sided deal that should never ever have been made.»
Brodsky stressed that «Any new agreement should include more robust inspection powers. Iran’s denial of inspections at the damaged nuclear facilities since June 2025 violates its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.»
When asked about the IAEA’s impotence with respect to intrusive sanctions on Iran’s nuclear facilities, a White House spokeswoman referred Fox News Digital to Vice President JD Vance and Grossi’s comments.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media after the U.S. and Iran held high-level talks aimed at advancing a deal to end the Middle East conflict at the Lake Lucerne Summit, near Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 22, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Howard / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
«The Iranians have agreed to invite IAEA inspectors back into their country. That is a major milestone for the American people, and the first step in permanently denuclearize, easing or permanently ending a nuclear weapons program in Iran,» Vance said on Monday. He added, «And that’s exactly what we wanted to do. That’s exactly what we asked to happen.»
President Trump wrote on Truth Social: «Despite their protestations and false statements to the contrary, coupled with the drumbeat of the Fake News, which is doing everything possible to make the U.S. Victory as small and insignificant as possible, Iran has fully and completely agreed to highest level Nuclear inspections long into the future (Infinity!!!). This will insure ‘Nuclear Honesty.’ If they did not agree to this, there would be no further negotiations! «
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The Islamic Republic’s spokesman to the U.N. did not respond to a Fox News Digital press query.
The U.S. State Department declined to comment.
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“Innovar es más fácil de lo que se piensa”: especialistas internacionales exponen claves empresariales en el International FACEM Day
La Universidad César Vallejo (UCV) organizó el International FACEM Day, un encuentro académico que convocó a especialistas internacionales, estudiantes, egresados y ejecutivos para analizar los principales desafíos del entorno empresarial, con énfasis en la geopolítica, la innovación y la inteligencia artificial.
El evento se desarrolló de manera presencial el 22 de junio en Trujillo, el 23 en Lima y el 24 en Piura, como parte de una iniciativa de la Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales orientada a vincular la formación académica con las dinámicas del mundo corporativo.
“La innovación es más fácil de lo que piensan”, señaló Alfons Cornella, fundador de Infonomia y del Institute of Next, durante su participación, al destacar que innovar no depende del tamaño de una empresa ni de grandes recursos, sino de la capacidad de observar el entorno y resolver problemas relevantes.
Durante la jornada, los especialistas coincidieron en que el contexto global está marcado por cambios estructurales que impactan directamente en la toma de decisiones empresariales. En ese sentido, Xavier Gimbert Rafols, decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales de la UCV, subrayó que la geopolítica se ha convertido en un factor determinante.
“La geopolítica te puede cambiar el rumbo absolutamente”, afirmó, al explicar que este elemento ha pasado a ser tan relevante como el mercado o la competencia dentro de la estrategia empresarial, debido a su carácter disruptivo e impredecible.
En la misma línea, Ángel Pascual-Ramseay, profesor de Geopolítica y Geoeconomía en Esade Business School y exasesor del presidente de España, advirtió que el mundo atraviesa un proceso de transformación hacia un nuevo equilibrio global. “Estamos entrando en un nuevo paradigma geopolítico”, indicó, al referirse a un escenario de multipolaridad y fragmentación que incrementa los riesgos y la complejidad económica.
Según explicó, este contexto puede generar impactos directos en la economía a través del uso de herramientas comerciales y financieras por parte de los Estados, así como afectar la globalización, que podría pasar de ser un motor de crecimiento a una fuente de vulnerabilidad.
En cuanto a la innovación, Cornella enfatizó que las soluciones más efectivas surgen de identificar problemas concretos y ofrecer respuestas más eficientes, más que de ideas complejas en apariencia.
Asimismo, destacó el rol de la curiosidad como elemento central en este proceso. “La curiosidad es lo que te mantiene vivo”, afirmó, al señalar que esta cualidad permite detectar oportunidades y adaptarse a un entorno en constante cambio, incluso en un contexto marcado por el avance de la inteligencia artificial.
Gimbert coincidió en que la innovación y la creatividad constituyen una vía clave de diferenciación en el ámbito empresarial, y remarcó que estas capacidades están al alcance de cualquier organización.
Los especialistas también destacaron la importancia de que estos conceptos sean incorporados desde la etapa formativa. Pascual-Ramseay sostuvo que es esencial que los jóvenes desarrollen pensamiento crítico, criterio propio y comprensión del contexto global, dado que enfrentarán un entorno más complejo e inestable.
En esa línea, señaló que la educación debe enfocarse en brindar herramientas para que los estudiantes construyan su propio análisis, más que en transmitir respuestas únicas.
Por su parte, Gimbert indicó que comprender estos factores desde el inicio permite a los estudiantes fortalecer su formación y tomar mejores decisiones en el futuro profesional, al tratarse de elementos transversales en la gestión empresarial.
El International FACEM Day integró aprendizaje intensivo, networking y experiencias académicas con un enfoque aplicado. La Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales de la UCV destacó que este tipo de iniciativas forman parte de una estrategia orientada a promover la internacionalización, el aprendizaje práctico y la conexión con la realidad empresarial.
Según lo informado, el evento registró una alta participación en los distintos campus y contó con la intervención de especialistas internacionales de primer nivel, lo que permitió enriquecer el debate y fortalecer la formación de los asistentes.
Los organizadores señalaron que este tipo de espacios busca no solo beneficiar a estudiantes y egresados, sino también aportar al desarrollo del entorno empresarial y a la sociedad en general.
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Ex-Trump official John Bolton pleads guilty to 1 of 18 counts in classified docs indictment
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Former White House National Security Advisor John Bolton pleaded guilty on Friday to only one count of an 18-count indictment, but he will not be sentenced until the fall.
During a hearing at the federal district court in Greenbelt, Maryland, Bolton pleaded guilty to the twelfth count, alleging he had unauthorized possession of a document related to national defense.
The count typically has a maximum penalty of 10 years behind bars, but both sides agreed that five years will be the most prison time that can be imposed.
U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes addressed reporters outside the courthouse, emphasizing that this case demonstrated that «no one is above the law.» Hayes declined to take questions.
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Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former National Security Advisor John Bolton arrives for a plea deal hearing at U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on June 26, 2026, in Greenbelt, Maryland. (Al Drago)
«The rules governing classified and national defense information apply equally to everyone, regardless of position, and regardless of how long you have served with the United States government,» Hayes began her brief remarks.
«The national defense information at issue in this case was classified at the highest classification levels,» Hayes added. «It contained human intelligence using sensitive sources and methods, and it discussed a covert action program. Mr. Bolton admitted he shared more than 1,000 pages of information about his day-to-day activities as the national security advisor.»
A prosecutor from the Department of Justice told Judge Theodore Chuang that Bolton also faces a fine of $2.25 million, half of which should be paid within 5 days, a required debrief with a U.S. intelligence committee, three years of supervised release and up to 100 hours of community service.
Bolton, who served as national security advisor from April 2018 to September 2019, agreed that he would not get an annuity or retirement from his federal service.
When the judge asked Bolton if he was pleading guilty after having heard the summary of facts in the case, the former Trump official said: «I am your honor, and I’m sorry for it.»
The sentencing was set for October 28. The government plans to dismiss the remaining counts at that hearing.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former National Security Advisor John Bolton walks through security as he arrives for a plea deal hearing at U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on June 26, 2026 in Greenbelt, Maryland. (Al Drago)
By pleading guilty, Bolton waived his right to appeal the sentence and conviction. Chuang said Bolton will be allowed to withdraw his guilty pleas before sentencing. That window will close once the sentencing phase concludes.
Authorities first raided Bolton’s home and office in August of last year. He was indicted in October, originally being charged with both transmission and retention of classified documents.
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According to the indictment, the documents Bolton illegally kept had intelligence about future attacks by an adversarial group in another country.
Then-National Security Advisor John R. Bolton listens as then-President Donald J. Trump meets with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House July 18, 2019, in Washington. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Prosecutors said the documents also contained information about a liaison partner sharing sensitive information with the U.S. intelligence community, as well as intelligence that a foreign adversary was planning a missile launch in the future.
Many of the documents were labeled «TOP SECRET,» according to prosecutors.
«From on or about April 9, 2018, through at least on or about August 22, 2025, BOLTON abused his position as National Security Advisor by sharing more than a thousand pages of information about his day-to-day activities as the National Security Advisor,» the indictment read.
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FBI agents raid the Bethesda, Maryland, home of John Bolton on August 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik)
«BOLTON also unlawfully retained documents, writings, and notes relating to the national defense, including information classified up to the TOP SECRET/SCI level, in his home in Montgomery County, Maryland,» it continued.
Bolton shared this information with two family members through his personal email account, according to prosecutors.
That email account, per court records, was hacked by someone believed to be associated with Iran after Bolton left office.
Since Bolton’s departure, him and Trump have been bitter enemies, with the two men frequently attacking each other over foreign policy disagreements.
Copies of the new book ‘The Room Where It Happened’ by John Bolton are displayed at Book Passage on June 23, 2020 in Corte Madera, California. (Justin Sullivan)
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At the time, Trump said he fired Bolton, but Bolton claimed he resigned of his own accord.
Bolton published a memoir in 2020 titled «The Room Where It Happened,» which characterized Trump as an erratic and irrational leader.
The Trump administration sued to block the book’s release, claiming it contained national security secrets that were classified. A federal judge allowed the book to hit shelves, and Bolton was never prosecuted for anything that was included in it.
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