Justice Department Seeks To Block Publication Of John Bolton's White House Memoir
A week before the scheduled June 23 launch of the former national security adviser's tale of his time serving Trump, the government has filed a lawsuit attempting to hold up the book's release.
by David Welna
Jun 16, 2020
3 minutes
Seven days before the scheduled June 23 release of a tell-all account of John Bolton's tenure as President Trump's national security adviser, the Justice Department late Tuesday mounted a last-ditch effort to block its publication.
A 27-page civil lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against Bolton with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleges that publication of his 592-page book, , would be a violation of nondisclosure agreements he signed and compromise national security.
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