Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 18 criminal counts under the Espionage Act. He is accused of sharing information containing classified material related to U.S. national defense.
According to CNN, which cited two sources, the Maryland grand jury indicted Bolton for allegedly sharing classified information—including more than one thousand pages of diary-like notes—with his wife and daughter over email. The indictment also alleges that a “cyber actor,” believed to be Iranian, hacked Bolton’s computer. Bolton reportedly refused to disclose the nature of the classified information communicated through the compromised account.
Bolton served as President Donald Trump’s national security advisor for nearly 18 months until he was fired in 2019. Since then, he has accused the Trump administration of political targeting and maintains that he has done nothing wrong.
During his time after leaving the White House, Bolton wrote a scathing memoir about his experience, in which he described Trump as “unfit” to be president. In response to the indictment reports, President Trump remarked, “I think he’s a bad person. Too bad.”
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