LOADING ERROR LOADINGJohn Bolton, a former national security adviser turned vocal critic of President Donald Trump, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Maryland on eight counts of transmission of national defense information and 10 counts of unlawful retention of national defense information. AdvertisementCommenting on the charges against his former national security adviser from the Oval Office on Thursday, President Donald Trump remarked, “I didn’t know that. “A representative for Bolton notified the U.S. government of the hack in or about July 2021, but did not tell the U.S. government that the account contained national defense information, including classified information, that Bolton had placed in the account from his time as national security adviser,” the indictment states. “Nor did Bolton’s representative tell the U.S. government that Bolton had shared some of that national defense information, including classified information ... via personal email and a non-governmental messaging application.”Advertisement“At no point did Bolton tell the FBI that while he was the national security adviser, he had used the hacked email to send Individuals 1 and 2 documents relating to the national defense, including classified information. The FBI raided Bolton’s home and office in Bethesda, Maryland, in a search for classified records in August.
