A grand jury subpoenaed the records of John Bolton’s publisher and agent as the investigation turns criminal. Prior to this, the Department of Justice sued Bolton to stop publication of the book until it had been fully screened.
The Department of Justice is looking into whether or not John Bolton mishandled classified information.
The subpoenas, to Simon & Schuster and Javelin, requested all communications with Mr. Bolton, the people, a source who declined to be named, said. Both of the companies were involved in publishing Mr. Bolton’s bestseller, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.” The book, released in June, is highly critical of President Trump and relays stories about Mr. Bolton’s time in government and relationship with the president.
According to his spokesperson, Bolton did not receive a subpoena.
This is an escalation in one of the battles President Trump has had with former employees.
You can’t just publish confidential and secret information. If they did, they need to suffer consequences.
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Who said Barr is a “hero?” Quite apart from whether Barr is a “hero” or not, I’m beginning to suspect that it may be impossible to satisfy our sense of righteous justice within the confines of the law (with regard to the Russia-gate coup attempt), because it appears that the law is written to allow government weasels to do “wrong”… Read more »
Re: Bill Binney (a genuine truth-telling heroic figure)
As former US Attorney Joe DiGenova has said on repeated appearances on Fox, “Hilary’s emails? The NSA has everybody’s emails”. He also said nothing is going to happen to the Clintons.
He should have used a nom de guerre such as anonymous source as the author’s name.
I almost feel bad for people who think that Captain America types who love mom and apple pie work in the intelligence agencies.
LOL! Come on! When will the Right stop falling for the same scam!? Barr has more than proven that he’s soft on corruption. Inguess he MIGHT go after Bolton since it won’t harm the insurrectionists in the FBI who he’s been protecting. But even this is likely just more empty promises.
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Seems right. Investigate if Bolton is another leaker.
This in no way makes Barr a defender of the law or the nation. This shows that Barr does not like being defied. But the coup and several other major set of crimes which endanger the USA are not his concern. He covers for his precious DOJ, the coup department, with zeal. He acts as if he took an oath… Read more »