John Bolton, a former national security adviser of the administration later turned Trump critic, was indicted on Thursday, US media reported.
Bolton was charged with transmission of national defense information, the Reuters news agency reported, citing court records.
The Associated Press said the charges concerned , citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter.
Bolton served over a year during Trump’s first term in office. He was fired in 2019 and has since become a prominent critic of the president.
Last August, FBI agents searched Bolton’s home, as part of an investigation into handling of classified documents.
How did Trump react to the indictment?
US President Donald Trump was informed of the news while addressing members of the press in the Oval Office.
He said he hadn’t known about it but then criticized his former national security adviser.
“I think he’s a bad person,” Trump said. “He’s a bad guy.”
He added, “That’s the way it goes, right?”
Bolton has been very vocal in his criticism of the US president. In a memoir released last year, Bolton described him as unfit to be president.
Bolton is the third Trump critic to be hit with criminal charges in recent weeks, following that of and
Edited by: Zac Crellin
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