Directly across from Bolton’s home, there was a wall of TV news cameras focused on his front door. The driveway was full of unmarked vehicles – the FBI agents who’d arrived around 7 a.m. Friday to conduct a court-authorized search warrant.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe provided FBI Director Patel the intelligence that was the basis of the search warrant , a source familiar with the matter told NBC News.

The FBI was searching the home of former national security adviser John Bolton, who has become a critic of President Trump, according to news reports.