The Trump administration sued former national security adviser John Bolton on Tuesday to delay the publication of a book that the White House says contains classified information and that is expected to paint an unflattering portrait of the president's foreign policy decision-making. The complaint is the latest salvo in a contentious relationship between Trump and the hawkish Bolton, who was abruptly forced from the White House in January after repeated disagreements on national security matters. Officials said Bolton's manuscript was more than 500 pages and was "rife with classified information, which he proposed to release to the world." Bolton's book, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, was supposed to be released in March. "As usual, the government's threats have nothing to do with safeguarding national security, and everything to do with avoiding scandal and embarrassment," Wizner said.

Source: CBC News June 16, 2020 21:56 UTC