John Bolton indicted; ex-national security advisor is latest Trump foe to face criminal charges [View all]
Source: CNBC
Published Thu, Oct 16 2025 12:17 PM EDT Updated 5 Min Ago
John Bolton, a former national advisor to President Donald Trump, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Maryland. 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. Bolton is the third high-profile Trump foe to be criminally charged in recent weeks after being criticized by the president.
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.
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REFERENCE - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143548654 (CBS hadn't updated their article yet at post time)
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Published Thu, Oct 16 2025 12:17 PM EDT Updated 4 Min Ago
John Bolton, a former national advisor to President Donald Trump, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Maryland.
Bolton is the third high-profile Trump foe to be criminally charged in recent weeks after being criticized by the president.
Grand juries in Virginia separately indicted former FBI Director James Comey on charges related to allegedly lying to Congress, and New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is accused of bank fraud related to a mortgage on a home she owns in Virginia. They have denied any wrongdoing in those cases.
FBI agents on Aug. 22 raided Bolton's Maryland home and office in Washington, D.C.
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