John Bolton knew better.

Specifically, the onetime national security adviser likely knew that his retention and transmittal of classified information to persons who lacked security clearances violated the Espionage Act and, given his knowledge and expertise in national security, that his conduct potentially risked endangering the security of the United States. Indeed, Bolton recently criticized Trump officials for using a public app Signal in a group chat to discuss a forthcoming military strike in Yemen that inadvertently included a journalist. And, by the way, it looks like the Hegseth group's poor conduct was negligent — while Bolton's seems intentional.

The 18-count indictment against Bolton by a federal grand jury in Maryland alleges that Bolton used his personal email accounts and

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