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John Bolton

Arcs in the news about John Bolton from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 19 stories · 430 articles · earliest story we hold Feb 9, 2024

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

Nothing ongoing. The last arc went quiet Jun 26.

All arcs1 named arc in 2025

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The classified documents case against John Bolton

6 of 9 stories this year · gone quiet

FBI searches home of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton · 90 articles, Aug 22FBI seized phones, computer equipment, folders during search of Bolton’s home, records show · 10 articles, Sep 4FBI Says It Found Classified Documents in John Bolton's O... · 12 articles, Sep 24John Bolton Indicted Over Classified Material · 79 articles, Oct 16Ex-Trump national security adviser Bolton charged in probe of mishandling of classified information · 24 articles, Oct 16John Bolton pleads not guilty to mishandling classified information in US · 16 articles, Oct 17

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Aug 5, 202416323
Aug 26, 20241206
Nov 4, 202489942
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Aug 18, 20259191486
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Jun 1, 20265121157
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Jul 27, 20260101

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else4 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about John Bolton that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Oct 17John Bolton arrives at court to surrender to authorities on charges in classified information case18 articles · 14 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 4 right
  2. Oct 16Justice Department expected to ask grand jury to indict former Trump national security adviser John Bolton on Thursday12 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
  3. Jan 21– 22John Bolton: Trump rescinded Secret Service protection15 articles · 14 independent sources
    1 left, 5 center, 6 right

Stories that name John Bolton

  1. Jan 17– 24Trump says he's willing to use economic pressure on Russia to end Ukraine war36 articles · 25 independent sources
    5 left, 7 center, 9 right
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