John Bolton’s memoir might have crossed legal lines by disclosing classified information, and the former national security adviser could face prison time for “profiteering off of America’s secrets,” according to President Donald Trump’s White House adviser Peter Navarro.
“Judge Royce Lamberth warned that Bolton had ‘likely jeopardized national security by disclosing classified information in violation of his nondisclosure agreement obligations,’ ” Navarro wrote for The Hill, citing a 2020 ruling that described Bolton as having “gambled with the national security of the United States.”
Navarro contends that in the book “The Room Where It Happened,” Bolton “wasn’t just dishing gossip” but instead revealing Oval Office conversations, national security deliberations, and even confidential intelligence shared by U.S. allies.
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