GREENBELT, Md. – Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton was charged Thursday with illegally storing and transmitting classified information.

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.

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The 18-count 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 crit

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