Former National Security Advisor John Bolton's home has been raided by Federal Agents.

The search is understood to have focused on potential classified documents which agents believe Mr Bolton may still possess.

Mr Bolton served as President Donald Trump's national security advisor from 2018 to 2019 and is not in custody or under arrest.

FBI agents raided the home in Bethesda, Maryland.

The investigation is understood to have been ordered by the FBI Director Kash Patel, who said in a cryptic post on X shortly after the raid: "NO ONE is above the law... @FBI agents on mission".

Mr Bolton has previously been accused of including classified information in his book "The Room Where It Happened".

He has become a critic of the President, calling him unfit to serve.

President Trump previously stripped Mr Bolton of protective Secret Service detail that had been assigned after the US Justice Department said Iran had threatened his life.