The Justice Department dropped its lawsuit against Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, over the publication of his book last year.
The Simon & Schuster book, The Room Where It Happened, was an unflattering portrait of Trump as an impulsive and uninformed president who was out of his element in dealing with other world leaders.
Bolton’s attorney, Charles Cooper, said in a statement that the DOJ also has ended criminal grand jury proceedings into whether Bolton disclosed classified information.
“We argued from the outset that neither action was justifiable, because they were initiated only as a result of President Trump’s politically motivated order to prevent publication of the Ambassador’s book before the 2020 election,” Cooper said.
Cooper and DOJ attorneys filed a stipulation in federal court on Wednesday dismissing the lawsuit.
The Trump administration sued to block the book’s release last year, even though preview...
The Simon & Schuster book, The Room Where It Happened, was an unflattering portrait of Trump as an impulsive and uninformed president who was out of his element in dealing with other world leaders.
Bolton’s attorney, Charles Cooper, said in a statement that the DOJ also has ended criminal grand jury proceedings into whether Bolton disclosed classified information.
“We argued from the outset that neither action was justifiable, because they were initiated only as a result of President Trump’s politically motivated order to prevent publication of the Ambassador’s book before the 2020 election,” Cooper said.
Cooper and DOJ attorneys filed a stipulation in federal court on Wednesday dismissing the lawsuit.
The Trump administration sued to block the book’s release last year, even though preview...
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