Trump Goes to Court to Try Stop John Bolton's Book
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On Wednesday, the Trump administration went to court for the second time this week to try to stop the publication of former national security adviser John Bolton’s book, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir. While left-leaning articles highlight that Bolton’s book is the most comprehensive look into the Trump White House from a high-level official, right-leaning articles highlight that President Trump lashed out at Bolton on “Hannity.”
The New York Times published a left-leaning article highlighting that in Bolton’s book, he describes several episodes where the president expressed a willingness to halt criminal investigations to give personal favors to dictators he liked, in addition to scorning Democrats for not looking into how Trump was willing to intervene in investigations into various foreign companies. While there have been other books by lower-level former aides that have revealed much about the Trump White House, Bolton’s is the first comprehensive memoir by such a high-ranking official.
A centrist article by NPR reports that the Justice Department is arguing that Bolton never completed a pre-publication review to ensure that the manuscript doesn’t contain classified information. The Department also wants to put a hold on the book’s release and to get the publisher to claw back copies that are already being sent out.
Fox News published a right-leaning article highlighting that President Trump lashed out at Bolton in an interview on “Hannity” and said Bolton was a “washed-up guy.” After his “Hannity” appearance, Trump also tweeted comments about Bolton, stating that his book is made up of lies and fake stories.
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