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Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton sharply criticized the allegations made against him when he became the so-called. The latest target in the president’s politically motivated crusade. Against his “enemies.”
The 18-count federal grand jury indictment accuses Bolton of illegally disseminating and retaining classified documents – charges that appear to cover the period when Bolton was collecting material for a devastating book. His time in the first Trump administration.
The veteran diplomat — who also served as ambassador to the United Nations during the administration of President George W. Bush — said in a sharp statement Thursday night that he “has dedicated his life to America’s foreign policy and national security.”
He said, “I will never compromise those goals. I previously tried to do so during my tenure in the Trump administration but resigned when it became impossible to do so.”
He said that the President “retaliation campaignagainst them, which increased with the publication of Bolton’s book the room where it happenedAnd he is now “the latest target of his efforts to weaponize the Justice Department and accuse those he considers his enemies of previously denying or distorting the facts,” Bolton said.
Bolton and his attorney Abbey Lowell argue that the book’s contents were cleared for publication by government officials, and “in the four years of the prior administration, following these reviews, no charges were ever filed.”
“Then came Trump 2, who epitomizes what the head of Joseph Stalin’s secret police once said, ‘You show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime,'” Bolton wrote Thursday.
Bolton said, “These allegations are not just about me or my diaries, but about his intense effort to intimidate his opponents to ensure that they alone determine what is said about his conduct.”
He said, “Disagreement and dissent are fundamental to America’s constitutional order and vital to our freedoms.” “I look forward to the fight to defend our lawful conduct and expose abuses of power.”
Indictment filed against Bolton Third case in as many weeks against a prominent Trump criticAfter the President publicly directed the Justice Department and Attorney General Pam Bondi to initiate politically motivated criminal prosecutions against his enemies.
“We cannot delay,” Trump said. Wrote on my Truth Social last month.
Having previously left the Trump administration, from where the president claims Bolton was fired, the veteran diplomat published The room where it happened, Bolton wrote a scathing account of the first days of Trump’s presidency, where an “erratic” Trump emerged as an “astonishingly clueless leader.”
but unlike Indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia JamesThe case against Bolton, which was brought by Trump’s former personal attorney Lindsey Halligan, is being handled by Maryland U.S. Attorney Kelly Hayes, who was tapped by Trump to lead the office in February.
Bolton’s home and office was It was raided by FBI agents this summer.
The indictment was presented to the grand jury by career prosecutor Tom Sullivan, who also signed the document.
Bolton faces eight counts of disseminating national defense information and 10 counts of unlawfully possessing it.
If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison for each count, although it is unlikely a judge will issue the maximum penalty.
“There is a level of justice for all Americans,” Bondi said in a statement Thursday. “Anyone who abuses a position of power and endangers our national security will be held accountable. No one is above the law.”
“He’s a bad man,” Trump said in response to a question from the White House on Thursday, moments after the impeachment was filed. “that’s the way it goes.”