The Trump administration is suing former national security advisor John Bolton to block the publication of a book that the White House says contains classified information.
The Trump administration sued former national security advisor John Bolton on Tuesday to stop the publication of a book that the White House says contains classified information.
The civil lawsuit in Washington’s federal court follows warnings from President Trump that Bolton couldif he doesn’t halt plans to publish the book, which is scheduled for release next week. The administration contends that the former advisor did not complete a pre-publication review to ensure that the manuscript did not contain classified material.
The Justice Department is requesting that a federal court order Bolton to “instruct or request” that his publisher further delay publication of the book to allow for a completion of the national security review process and “retrieve and dispose” of existing copies in a manner acceptable to the government.
The Justice Department also is asking a federal court to grant it the rights to all proceeds Bolton earns from the publication of the book.Bolton’s attorney, Chuck Cooper, has said Bolton worked for months with classification specialists to avoid releasing classified material. Cooper has accused the White House of using national security information as a pretext to censor Bolton.
In its lawsuit, the Justice Department argues that Bolton’s job meant he “regularly came into possession of some of the most sensitive classified information that exists in the U.S. government.” Officials said Bolton’s manuscript was more than 500 pages and was “rife with classified information, which he proposed to release to the world.”
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