WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether President Trump’s former national security adviser John R. Bolton unlawfully disclosed classified information when he published a memoir this summer, a case that the department opened after it failed to stop the book’s publication this summer, according to three people familiar with the matter.
New York Times: Justice Dept. opens criminal inquiry into John Bolton’s book
This illustration photo taken on June 23, 2020 in Glendale, California, shows John Bolton's book "The Room Where it Happened" on the day of it's release in Los Angeles.
