A man who served as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser during the president’s first term was indicted on Oct. 16 for allegedly sharing classified materials on a private email server.
John Bolton, 76, sent certain individuals notes from meetings with senior members of the U.S. government, according to charging papers.
Bolton, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush, became Trump’s national security adviser in 2018. Trump fired Bolton in 2019, and they have criticized each other in the intervening years.
The charges come after authorities recovered documents and other items during a search of Bolton’s home in Bethesda, Maryland, just outside Washington. The search was to look for “evidence of a crime,” according to court documents….