(NewsNation) — Justice Department prosecutors are expected to ask a grand jury Thursday to indict former National Advisor John Bolton regarding his alleged possession of classified documents, a source briefed on the matter confirms to NewsNation.
Bolton has denied any wrongdoing.
The charges would stem from FBI searches in August of Bolton’s house and office as agents searched for classified information.
A FBI affidavit publicly released last month detailed agents believed Bolton might have violated the Espionage Act by mishandling national defense information. The affidavit confirmed the Trump administration believed Bolton may have wrongly revealed classified information in drafting his memoir, “The Room Where It Happened.”
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An attorney for Bolton has previously noted the Biden administration investigated the matter surrounding his handling of classified documents and decided not to continue pursuing a criminal case, which was launched by the Justice Department during President Trump’s first term.
“The materials sought and produced in the search process were reviewed and closed years ago. They have been revived because Trump’s DOJ — the most politicized in American history — is carrying out his political revenge. The materials taken included documents that had previously been approved as part of a pre-publication review for Amb. Bolton’s book and are the kinds of records that would be kept by a 40-year career serving at the State Department, as an Assistant Attorney General, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and National Security Advisor,” Abbe Lowell, Bolton’s attorney, said in a previous statement.
The Justice Department on Thursday had no comment on the possibility of charges. Bolton’s lawyers did not return a request seeking comment.
