The Justice Department is expected to ask a grand jury on Thursday to indict President Donald Trump's former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton, a person familiar with the matter said. The possible indictment comes after court documents made public last month revealed that Bolton was under federal investigation for potential mishandling of classified information. The details of the charges prosecutors would seek were not immediately clear.

If the grand jury decides to indict Bolton, it would mark the third time in recent weeks that the Justice Department has secured criminal charges against one of the Republican president's critics. Bolton's lawyer Abbe Lowell did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Lowell has previously denied that Bolton engaged in wrongdoing.

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