Former CIA officer Michael Sellers reviewed the 26-page federal indictment against John Bolton and says, "Bolton deserves to be prosecuted."
Sellers, who held the same clearances Bolton had, acknowledges that Trump is going after his critics — but he says the evidence justifies the charges.
The indictment details 18 felony counts under the Espionage Act, alleging Bolton removed classified materials marked Top Secret/SCI while serving as National Security Adviser, then transmitted them via his personal AOL email to family members lacking security clearances. 00:00/02:20 10
What Sellers finds most damning is Bolton's "diary"—contemporaneous notes of National Security Council meetings and communications with foreign leaders that he typed at home and emailed to relatives "for safekeeping