Trump administration sues former National Security Adviser John Bolton over new book
The White House has asked a federal judge to order former national
security adviser John Bolton to stop the publication of his upcoming
book on his White House tenure, arguing that Bolton will be breaching a
contract he signed with the Trump administration and was risking the
exposure of classified information if he released the book.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday evening in Washington, DC, federal court,
alleges that Bolton's 500-plus page manuscript was "rife with classified
information," and that Bolton backed out of an ongoing White House
vetting process for the book that he'd been obligated to do as a result
of agreements he'd signed.
"(Bolton) struck a bargain with the United States as a condition of
his employment in one of the most sensitive and important national
security positions in the United States Government and now wants to
renege on that bargain by unilaterally deciding that the prepublication
review process is complete and deciding for himself whether classified
information should be made public," prosecutors write.
Bolton was fired last year by Trump for allegedly pressuring the
billionaire businessman to go into a war with Iran and North Korea.
After his sack, he then revealed plans of writing a tell-all book of his
time at the White House, which Trump claims is an infringement of the
non-disclosure agreement he signed before being employed.
The White House also claims Bolton will be revealing National
security information with the release of the book scheduled for June 23.
Simon & Schuster , the book's publishers, previously announced
that Bolton's book, "In the Room Where It Happened: A White House
Memoir," would be released on June 23 as the book has already shipped to
warehouses ahead of its scheduled release.
Reports claim Bolton is intent on publishing the book as scheduled,
meaning he expects to deal with any ramifications from the
administration in the aftermath, not before.
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