A United States federal jury on Thursday indicted John Bolton, former advisor to President Donald Trump, and now facing him, for “misuse of classified information,” the Department of Justice reported.
The former adviser is accused of eight counts of transmitting national defense information and ten of withholding it.
Bolton, now an enemy of Trump, was charged in a federal court in Maryland after Justice requested it after launching an investigation into some notes he had written in his personal email, CNN reported.
The former advisor allegedly used his email to write daily summaries of his activities in the White House, as a personal diary, while he served as National Security Advisor during the first Administration of Donald Trump (2017-2021).
The former advisor is expected to attend the federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, starting tomorrow.
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For his part, the president attacked Bolton after learning the news from a question from a reporter in the Oval Office.
“I didn’t know that. But I think he’s a bad person. What a shame. That’s the way it goes,” Trump declared.
“The FBI investigation revealed that John Bolton allegedly transmitted top-secret information using personal online accounts and retained such documents in his home, in direct violation of federal law,” said FBI Director Kash Patel.
Attorney General Pam Bondi commented: “No one is above the law.”
Bolton is the third former high-ranking official critical of Trump against whom an indictment has been opened in less than a month.
First was former FBI Director James Comey, formally charged with obstructing Congress and making false statements, while New York Attorney General Letitia James faces federal charges for alleged bank fraud and document falsification.
With information from EFE.
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