Donald Trump denied knowing about the FBI’s raid of the home of his ‘lowlife’ former National Security Adviser John Bolton on Friday.
The president said during a surprise visit to the White House Historical Association Museum that he will be briefed on the raid later in the day, but admitted he didn’t know it was happening until it was in the news.
Slamming his former aide as a ‘lowlife’ and ‘not a smart guy,’ Trump said: ‘He’s very bad at what he does.’
‘He doesn’t talk, he’s like a very quiet person except on television and then he can say something bad about Trump. He’ll always do that. But he doesn’t talk, he’s very quiet,’ Trump told reporters.
Trump is set to deliver a mysterious announcement from the Oval Office on Friday. The topic of the speech has not been disclosed, but it is scheduled for 12pm ET.
It comes as FBI agents were spotted at Bolton’s DC-area home, which is said to be tied to an investigation into his alleged use of classified documents in his 2020 memoir.
Bolton, who served as President Donald Trump’s NSA from April 2018 until September 2019, has been at odds with Trump ever since parting with the first administration.