Headline Roundup • June 20th, 2020
Bolton to Publish Memoir Despite National Security Fears
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The Hill
President Trump on Saturday touted a judge’s ruling on former national security adviser John Bolton’s memoir that allowed the book to proceed with publishing but panned its author as possibly threatening the nation.
“BIG COURT WIN against Bolton. Obviously, with the book already given out and leaked to many people and the media, nothing the highly respected Judge could have done about stopping it...BUT, strong & powerful statements & rulings on MONEY & on BREAKING CLASSIFICATION were made,” Trump tweeted.
Los Angeles Times
A federal judge in the United States ruled Saturday that former national security adviser John Bolton may proceed with the publication of his book despite efforts by the White House to block it on the grounds that secret information could be exposed.
Judge Royce Lamberth's decision is a victory for Bolton in a case that involved the constitutional right to free expression and national security reasons. But the judge also made clear that he was concerned that Bolton had "played with the national security of the United States" by not...
The last thing President Trump needed during an election year on top of a raging public health catastrophe and a recession was a mouthy staffer making him look bad. But John Bolton, the brash, unapologetic uber-hawk and former national security adviser, had other ideas.
Bolton left the administration in fall 2019 after disagreeing with his boss on practically every single foreign policy issue. Trump essentially stopped listening to Bolton months prior, when the president began to wonder whether the man he picked to coordinate the national security bureaucracy was actually...
