"Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton was charged Thursday in a federal investigation into the potential mishandling of classified information, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The investigation into Bolton, who served for more than a year in President Donald Trump's first administration before being fired in 2019, burst into public view in August when the FBI searched his home in Maryland and his office in Washington for classified records he may have held onto from his years in government."
"Agents during the August search seized multiple documents labeled classified, confidential and secret from Bolton's office, according to previously unsealed court filings. Some of the seized records appeared to concern weapons of mass destruction, national strategic communication and the U.S. mission to the United Nations, the filings stated."
"The indictment sets the stage for a closely watched court case centering on a longtime fixture in Republican foreign policy circles who became known for his hawkish views on American power and who after leaving Trump's first government emerged as a prominent and vocal critic of the president."
John Bolton was charged in a federal investigation into potential mishandling of classified information. The FBI searched his Maryland home and Washington office in August and seized multiple documents labeled classified, confidential and secret. Some seized records appeared to concern weapons of mass destruction, national strategic communication and the U.S. mission to the United Nations. Bolton served more than a year as national security adviser in President Donald Trump's first administration before being fired in 2019. The indictment initiates a high-profile court case involving a longtime Republican foreign policy figure and will proceed amid concerns about politicization of the Justice Department.
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