The DOJ is reportedly looking into whether John Bolton committed a federal crime by divulging classified information in his forthcoming book.
Federal prosecutors are currently discussing whether to charge former national security advisor John Bolton with unlawfully disclosing classified information in his new memoir about his time serving President Donald Trump, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
The DOJ filed a civil lawsuit against Bolton on Tuesday seeking to delay the public release of his book, The Room Where it Happened, until officials were able to complete a prepublication review process.
President Trump on Tuesday also predicted that Bolton would face some kind of “criminal problems,” saying he considered “every conversation with [him] as president [to be] highly classified,”
According to the L. A. Times report, the DOJ is looking into Bolton’s possible criminal culpability as it simultaneously plans to intensify legal challenges to prevent the book’s publication, likely seeking a temporary restraining order from a federal judge by the end of Wednesday.
