John Bolton Indicted Under Espionage Act for Sharing Classified Notes with Family

John Bolton was indicted on 18 counts under the Espionage Act for sharing more than 1,000 pages of classified documents with family.

“The Trump administration's prosecutors have formally indicted John Bolton”

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The indictment alleges Bolton transmitted highly sensitive national defense information using personal email and messaging apps.

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Bolton's attorney defended the notes as not classified and compared them to personal notebooks held by many officials.

Bolton becomes the third Trump-era official criminally charged after Comey and Letitia James.

The classified information included Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information.

Prosecutors say Bolton continued disclosing material even after telling family not to speak of it.

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Agents believed linked to the Iranian government hacked his email account.

The indictment came amid concerns about DOJ pursuing Trump's opponents while allies remain shielded.

“John Bolton, who served as Donald Trump’s national security adviser during his first term, was indicted on October 16 (Mehr 24) on charges of 'unauthorized disclosure and retention of classified information”

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Bolton was dismissed and became one of Trump's fiercest critics.

Congressional Democrats demanded briefings on Bolton's testimony about Iran.

The CFR framed Bolton's role in that controversial operation.