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Former National Security Advisor in the Trump administration John Bolton was indicted Thursday on 18 counts preservation and transmission of information on national defenseaccording to unsealed court documents.
Bolton is accused of sharing more than 1,000 pages of information about government activities with relatives in diary-like notes. A lawyer for Bolton has denied any wrongdoing.
The indictment also alleges that the personal email account Bolton used to share the information was hacked by an entity believed to be associated with Iran.
Bolton served for 17 months as national security advisor during the president Donald Trumpfirst term, in conflict with him over Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea before being fired in 2019.
Although the investigation that resulted in the indictment began before Trump’s second term, the case will play out against the backdrop of broader concerns that the Trump Justice Department to be militarized attack his political opponents.
Other news we follow:
- Judge rules that federal immigration agents in Chicago must wear body cameras: U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said she was a “little surprised” after seeing television images of federal agents using tear gas and other aggressive tactics against demonstrators in the streets of Chicago during immigration operations. Community efforts to oppose U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have intensified in Chicago, where neighborhood groups have gathered to monitor and film ICE activities.
- Trump plans to meet Putin in Budapest: Trump says he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hungary to try to resolve the Russo-Ukrainian war, but the date has yet to be determined. The US leader revealed the planning meeting after what he described as a long and productive phone call with Putin earlier Thursday. This happened a day before Trump’s planned meeting with the Ukrainian president. Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Friday.
- The CIA carries out covert operations in Venezuela: Trump confirmed Wednesday that he had approved the operations and stated that he was considering carrying out land operations in the country. This news comes after the American army carried out an operation in recent weeks series of deadly strikes against suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean, killing 27 people and destroy at least five boats. Four of these ships originally from Venezuela.
