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Justice Department Sues John Bolton over Forthcoming Book

HeadlineJun 17, 2020

The Trump administration has sued former national security adviser John Bolton in a bid to block the publication of his forthcoming book. The Justice Department claims the book could compromise national security and that it did not go through the necessary pre-publication review process. President Trump recently publicly warned Bolton about publishing the book.

President Donald Trump: “I will consider every conversation with me as president highly classified. So that would mean that if he wrote a book and if the book gets out, he’s broken the law.”

Meanwhile, The Daily Beast is reporting the White House is also looking into ways to block the publication of a forthcoming book by Trump’s niece, Mary Trump. Her book is titled “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.”

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