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Justice Dept. Ends Criminal Inquiry, Lawsuit on John Bolton’s Book - The New York Times

Justice Dept. Ends Criminal Inquiry, Lawsuit on John Bolton’s Book - The New York Times

Justice Dept. Ends Criminal Inquiry, Lawsuit on John Bolton’s Book - The New York Times
Jun 16, 2021 1 min, 55 secs

Trump had pressured the department to use its legal powers to stop his former national security adviser from publishing embarrassing details about him.

Bolton illegally disclosed classified information and dropped a lawsuit aimed at recouping profits from the book, according to Mr.

Cooper said, “the Department of Justice has tacitly acknowledged that President Trump and his White House officials acted illegitimately.”.

The Justice Department notified the judge overseeing the case of its decision in a one-sentence filing.

Bolton told the department that if he writes another book, he will submit his materials to a process intended to ensure that classified information is kept secret.

Before joining the Trump administration, he had signed nondisclosure agreements as a condition of receiving access to classified information.

Under the agreements, officials are typically required to submit any later writings about their work to prepublication review to ensure they contain no classified information.

Trump publicly and privately pressured White House aides and Justice Department officials to use their powers to stop Mr.

Bolton a “traitor” and said his book contained highly sensitive classified information.

Bolton and his publisher, Simon & Schuster, could go forward with the book but that the Justice Department could continue to seek profits from it.

Bolton in his ruling, saying that he was “persuaded that defendant Bolton likely jeopardized national security by disclosing classified information in violation of his nondisclosure agreement obligations.”.

Bolton’s tenure as national security adviser, the book depicted Mr.

Trump as a corrupt leader who put his personal and financial interests above the country’s national security.

Bolton had unlawfully disclosed classified information in the book.

The Biden Justice Department inherited the matter and had spent recent weeks negotiating the terms of the settlement with Mr.

Trump and how the Justice Department operated under Mr.

Some advisers contended it would set a bad precedent for the executive branch if top national security officials were forced to produce documents or testimony, according to a person familiar with those conversations.

The official, a specialist in reviewing books for classified materials named Ellen Knight, said that the aides made false assertions that Mr.

The Biden administration has also dropped a suit brought by the Trump Justice Department against a former friend and aide to Melania Trump who had written an embarrassing book about the Trumps.

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