Former Trump administration official Ambassador John Bolton wants to cash in on his time with President Trump. He’s being called out by key Trump supporters for pushing to become a national security survivor for Trump and then “backstabbing” him to make money. He’s making millions for a tell-all book set to be released in March. A transcript from the book was conveniently published by the New York Times, setting in motion big pressure from Democrats to call Bolton to testify in the impeachment trial because Bolton’s book contradicts President Trump.
Does anyone believe John Bolton now? How can they?
Even worse, the White House is now warning that Bolton’s book contains classified information. The White House says the classified information is “top secret” and that the book should not be published. Of course, CNN is reporting that the White House has issued a “formal threat” to Bolton.
The New York Post is reporting that National Security Council (NSC) official Ellen J. Knight said, “the manuscript appears to contain significant amounts of classified information.”
Knight is the senior director for records, access, and information security management with the NSC. She wrote a letter dated Jan. 23 and released it to the media:
“It also appears that some of this classified information is at the TOP SECRET level.”
“Under federal law and the nondisclosure agreements your client signed as a condition for gaining access to classified information, the manuscript may not be published or otherwise disclosed without the deletion of this classified information.”
The book is still under review and the NSC will work to identify the classified information in Bolton’s book “by identifying the classified information with the manuscript, while at the same time ensuring that publication does not harm the national security of the United States.”
Bolton’s book was submitted to the White House in December for a review for classified information, but an excerpt was published in the New York Times, causing a firestorm of inquiries to try and get Bolton to testify. It all seems so planned to exert maximum damage on Trump. The problem is that the American people aren’t buying the sham and are sick of the Deep State effort to destroy a duly elected president.
