John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, was indicted on Thursday, the third foe of the US president to be hit with criminal charges in recent weeks.

The 76-year-old veteran diplomat was charged by a federal grand jury in Maryland with 18 counts of transmitting and retaining classified information.

Asked for his reaction to Bolton’s indictment, Trump told reporters his former aide is a “bad guy” and “that’s the way it goes.”

The 26-page indictment accuses Bolton of sharing top secret documents by email with two “unauthorized individuals” who are not identified but are believed to be his wife and daughter.

The Justice Department said the documents “revealed intelligence about future attacks, foreign adversaries, and foreign-policy relations.”

Each of the counts car

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