Posted on 07/31/2020 11:50:10 AM PDT by knighthawk
The U.S. government has asked a federal judge in Washington to seize the $2 million book advance and any royalties paid to former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton, who published a tell-all memoir about the Trump administration allegedly without clearing it first with the government for classified material.
The government said in a court filing Thursday that Bolton violated nondisclosure agreements when he released his memoir, The Room Where It Happened, without finishing a National Security Council (NSC) review process to make sure the book did not contain any classified material that could put U.S. national security at risk, according to Bloomberg.
The federal government initially sought to prevent the book’s publish in June, but failed since advance copies had already been sent out to numerous media outlets. However, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth wrote in his ruling about Bolton, “He has exposed his country to harm and himself to civil (and potentially criminal) liability.”
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Yes!!!!
Excellent!! Sue the bastard and don’t let up until his legal fees go thru the roof.
Bwaaa-Haaaa-HA!
How does it feel Mr. Bolton?
Sorry POS.
Did this tard think he could blast President Trump and walk away wealthy? President Trump fights back hard.
Just make Bolton spend it all on lawyers defending it.
I think he was the one who leaked about the Russian incentive to the Taliban. I also think it was bait pur out for him.
Bttt
Lol.
There's nothing in the book and even the left has stopped pretending?
As for the publisher that advanced Mr. Bolton, depending on the wording of the contract, they may have paid someone to commit a crime and can be forced to cough up fines in excess of what they paid him.
“””There’s nothing in the book and even the left has stopped pretending? “””””
It was supposed to the nuke that ended it for President Trump.
NOBODY cared about it and now he will be up to his silly looking moustache in legal problems.
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