Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton has been indicted on charges of transmitting and retaining national defense information. The indictment centers around Bolton's use of an AOL email account to send himself diary-like entries while working for Trump, which may have contained classified information. Bolton's assistant informed the FBI of a hacker's threat to expose sensitive documents, and the FBI has been investigating since 2021. Bolton's defense argues that he is a victim of President Trump's weaponization of the Justice Department, citing a lack of charges during the previous administration. The case has maintained the support of career prosecutors and investigators, and Bolton faces 18 counts of retaining and sharing classified information. The FBI conducted searches of Bolton's home and office, seizing documents labeled as secret, confidential, and classified. Bolton's attorney claims he had nothing inappropriate stored or kept, and a federal judge appointed by Barack Obama will oversee the case.
