Justice Department drops Trump-era criminal probe and lawsuit related to John Bolton’s book
The Justice Department has closed its year-old criminal investigation into former Trump national security adviser John Bolton and dropped a related lawsuit connected to the publication of his book about the ex-President’s diplomatic bungling.
The Trump-era criminal investigation had scrutinized whether Bolton’s book illegally revealed national security information, while the lawsuit had sought to grab royalties from Bolton for publishing his book without the administration’s full approval.
The end of the proceedings marks yet another wrap-up by the Biden administration of politically charged cases and investigative moves toward Trump’s political opponents. In recent weeks, the Justice Department has dropped or changed their approach to several matters the Trump-era department had pursued, and announced its now-Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco is looking into “potentially prob
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Justice Department will make its policies for obtaining records of U.S. lawmakers more rigorous after former President Donald Trump’s administration secretly secured data on members of Congress, journalists and a former White House lawyer, the top U.S. law enforcement official said on Monday.
Attorney General Merrick Garland in a statement here also said that political or other improper considerations must play no role in any investigative or prosecutorial decisions and that anyone within the department who fails to live up to that principle will be met with strict accountability.
Democratic congressional leaders on Sunday vowed to investigate the department’s “rogue” actions under Trump, including its move to obtain the communications records of House of Representatives Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell as part of a probe into leaks of classified information. Schiff and Swalwell both were critics of Trump, a Republican.
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WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - The Justice Department will make its policies for obtaining records of U.S. lawmakers more rigorous after former President Donald Trump s administration secretly secured data on members of Congress, journalists and a former White House lawyer, the top U.S. law enforcement official said on Monday.
Attorney General Merrick Garland in a statement https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-attorney-general-merrick-b-garland also said that political or other improper considerations must play no role in any investigative or prosecutorial decisions and that anyone within the department who fails to live up to that principle will be met with strict accountability.