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John Bolton, Trump’s ex-national security advisor, charged with transmission, retention of national defense intel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJohn Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, has been indicted, a person familiar with the matter says, marking the third time in recent weeks that the Justice Department has secured criminal charges against one of the Republican president’s critics.
He has been charged with transmission and retention of national defense information, court records show.
The indictment comes after court documents made public last month revealed that Bolton was under federal investigation for potential mishandling of classified information. The CNN report did not say what Bolton had been charged with.
A lawyer for Bolton has previously denied that Bolton engaged in wrongdoing.
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