John Bolton indicted on 18 counts for mishandling classified documents.
We’ve all known this was likely coming since former National Security advisor John Bolton’s home was raided by the FBI in August. Today, a grand jury indicted Bolton on 18 counts of mishandling classified documents.
Bolton is charged with eight counts of transmission of national defense information and 10 counts of retention of national defense information. He served as Trump’s national security advisor from April 2018 through September 2019.
The 26-page indictment says that Bolton, both during and after his tenure as Trump’s national security advisor, “abused his position . by sharing more than a thousand pages of his day-to-day activities as the National Security Advisor — including information relating to the national defense which was classified up to the TOP SECRET/SCI level-with two unauthorized individuals, namely Individuals 1 and 2.”
Those people, who were unidentified in the indictment, are relatives of Bolton and did not have security clearance to receive the information, the indictment says.
“Bolton also unlawfully retained documents, writings, and notes relating to the national defense, including information classified up to the TOP SECRET/SCI level, in his home in Montgomery County, Maryland,” the indictment said.
The relatives Bolton allegedly passed information to may not be identified in the indictment but CNN has identified them as Bolton’s wife and daughter.
He allegedly shared highly classified information with his wife and daughter over email, sources told CNN.
