"Well, Jake, if prosecutors can prove these charges, that's always the big if, then John Bolton's conduct, to me, is more serious, certainly than we saw in the investigations of Hillary Clinton, of Mike Pence, of Joe Biden, and even more serious than the conduct that got Donald Trump indicted. Let me tell you why, Honig replied, adding: First of all, John Bolton didn't just mishandle this information."
"He didn't keep it in a box in a garage or even scattered around a resort. He actively disseminated it to two people, according to the indictment, two family members who were outsiders who had no security clearance over AOL, which by the way was hacked. Second of all, we're talking about the highest level security. The indictment talks about information relating to military attack plans, to missile launches, to foreign leaders, to sensitive sources and methods."
John Bolton was indicted on 18 federal charges, including eight counts of transmission of national defense information and ten counts of retention of national defense information. Prosecutors allege Bolton disseminated highest-level classified material—relating to military attack plans, missile launches, foreign leaders, and sensitive sources and methods—to two unauthorized family members over an AOL account. The AOL account was reportedly hacked, and Bolton's team notified the FBI while omitting that Bolton used the account to communicate with outsiders. If prosecutors can prove the allegations, the conduct could be considered more serious than prior classified-information cases involving several other senior officials.
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