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Posted on 08/28/2025 2:42:35 PM PDT by Signalman
New details have emerged surrounding the investigation into former National Security Advisor John Bolton, who may have allowed a foreign government to gain access to classified intelligence when publishing a memoir in 2020, according to a bombshell report from the New York Times.
Despite constant allegations from Democrats and mainstream media pundits of political targeting on the part of the Trump Administration, The Times reported that the current investigation into Bolton “began to pick up steam” during the Biden presidency. Intelligence officials began to investigate after obtaining evidence that he may have mishandled classified information, according to unnamed sources familiar with the inquiry.
Credible accusations against Bolton first surfaced in 2020, when the Trump Administration filed a lawsuit attempting to block the release of his book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.” The government argued that Bolton did not go through the proper vetting process with the National Security Council when drafting the book, a mandatory process for government officials seeking to publish works that may contain classified information.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth refused to block the publication, but only because it was too late. He did conclude, however, that Bolton “likely published classified materials” and had “exposed his country to harm.” He later allowed the wider lawsuit to go forward, which was ultimately dismissed by the Biden Administration in 2021.
Now, the New York Times is reporting that the United States was able to gather data from a spy service belonging to an adversarial nation indicating that Bolton, during his tenure with the Trump Administration in 2019, shared emails that may have contained classified information. The emails were sent to several people close to Bolton through an unsecured server, sources familiar with the investigation told The Times.
Questions surrounding Bolton’s handling of classified information resurfaced last week when the FBI conducted searches of the former Trump official’s office and home residence. The new details have presented a much more complex chain of events surrounding the investigation, suggesting that it focuses both on the previous allegations and additional information uncovered by the Biden Administration.
The emails in question were reportedly sent by Bolton and appeared to derive from classified documents he had seen while he was national security adviser.
In what can be seen as an acknowledgement of mounting legal woes, Bolton is reportedly in talks to retain the services of high-powered attorney Abbe Lowell, who has represented a number of high-profile political figures in the past, including Hunter Biden and currently, New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Two federal judges signed off on the warrants for the FBI. to conduct the searches. In order to obtain the search warrants, prosecutors would have had to show that they had reason to believe Bolton was in possession of evidence that showed he could have mishandled classified information.
No charges have yet been filed against the former Trump ally turned vehement critic as of this report.
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Hmmmm... China? Russia? Cuba? Venezuela? Iran?
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