Federal Prosecutors ‘at Work’ to Bring Charges Against John Bolton ‘Very Soon’: CNN

Federal prosecutors were reportedly “at work” over the weekend to draft charges against President Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser-turned-critic John Bolton as part of a potential indictment that could drop “very soon.”

Prosecutors from the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office met over the weekend to finalize the details of a potential indictment over Bolton’s handling of classified information, reported CNN correspondent Katelyn Polantz, citing sources familiar.

The team had previously resisted pressure from Justice Department leadership to charge Bolton, but has now “lifted their objections” and is “at work” on the case, the source said.

Appearing on CNN’s The Situation Room Tuesday to speak with anchor Pamela Brown, Polantz relayed that the “push back” from the Maryland prosecutors was “about when to charge” Bolton.

“From what I had learned through sources, was that the dispute was over timing whether to charge John Bolton very soon or prepare an indictment very soon to take it through the grand jury, or whether there needed to be more time since those searches of his home and office only took place a couple of weeks ago,” she said.

During FBI searches of Bolton’s Maryland home and private office in late August, agents seized documents marked “secret,” “confidential,” and “classified,” including some referencing weapons of mass destruction. Court filings show investigators also collected electronics and files labeled “Trump I–IV.”

Bolton has denied wrongdoing. His lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said the materials found were “decades old” and insisted his client “did nothing inappropriate.” The Justice Department declined to comment to the network.

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