Bolton may be in hot water as FBI investigation expands beyond controversial book
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John Bolton could face Espionage Act charges after FBI raid, with legal experts citing vulnerability over classified material in his controversial Trump-era book.
Ashley Oliver is a reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business, covering the Justice Department and legal affairs. Email story tips to ashley.oliver@fox.com.
Prominent D.C.-based attorney Mark Zaid, who specializes in national security, said that while there are many unknowns about the Department of Justice’s investigation into Bolton, his memoir, "The Room Where It Happened," could be an area of vulnerability for him.
"With respect to Bolton's book, he is potentially vulnerable if he maintains any copies of early drafts which were determined to contain ‘voluminous’ amounts of classified information when it was first submitted to the White House for review," Zaid told Fox New Digital. "Those drafts were likely disseminated, per normal course of business, to his literary agent, publisher and lawyer."
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