GREENBELT, Maryland >> John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, was indicted today, CNN reported, citing two sources.
The indictment marks the third time in recent weeks that the Justice Department has secured criminal charges against one of the Republican president’s critics.
The indictment comes after court documents made public last month revealed that Bolton was under federal investigation for potential mishandling classified information. The CNN report did not say what Bolton had been charged with.
A lawyer for Bolton has previously denied that Bolton engaged in wrongdoing.
Trump, who campaigned for the presidency on a vow of retribution after facing a slew of legal woes once his first term in the White House ended in 2021, has dispensed with decades-long norm