Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton indicted by DoJ

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The US Department of Justice has indicted John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, in the latest legal blow against a critic of the president. 

The charges by the Maryland US attorney’s office on Thursday related to Bolton’s handling of classified documents.

“I think he’s a bad person,” Trump told reporters on Thursday, referring to the indictment. “It’s too bad, but that’s the way it goes.”

A representative of Bolton did not immediately comment.

The indictment against Bolton, a Republican who also served as George W Bush’s ambassador to the UN, is the latest to target one of Trump’s political foes. Critics of his administration say the DoJ is bending to Trump’s wishes — accusations rejected by the department.

The DoJ also recently indicted former FBI director James Comey, who oversaw a probe into Trump’s alleged links to Russia, and Letitia James, the New York attorney-general who has brought a case against the president. Comey has pleaded not guilty and James has called the charges “baseless”.

The FBI in August raided Bolton’s home in Bethesda, Maryland, in the suburbs of Washington DC.

This is a developing story