Overview
- An indictment returned on Oct. 17 charges Bolton with eight counts of transmitting national defense information and ten counts of retaining it, according to The Hill.
- Prosecutors allege he sent classified material to two family members using personal devices and accounts and kept sensitive documents at his home.
- The filing states some of the information at issue was later stolen by Iranian-linked hackers who accessed Bolton’s personal email after his 2019 White House departure.
- Federal agents searched Bolton’s residence in August and seized smartphones, folders and USB drives under a court-authorized warrant.
- Bolton denies wrongdoing and calls the case political retaliation by President Trump, while the attorney general and FBI director emphasize accountability and the national-security risks described in the indictment.