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Here's a good summary on the Bolton book deal....
Article starts by listing some of Trump's msot shocking sins and goes on to explain Trump's law suit to stop publication:Here are the most explosive claims former national security adviser John Bolton made about Trump in his upcoming book
Business Insider
Grace Panetta and Sonam Sheth
Read it here: https://www.businessinsider.com/john-bolton-book-most-explosive-claims-about-trump-2020-6
Excerpt:
The New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal published details from it on Wednesday based on prepublication copies they obtained of the book, "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir."
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On Tuesday, the Trump administration sued the former national security adviser to prevent him from releasing the book. The lawsuit against Bolton accuses him of breaking his contract by backing out of the National Security Council's ongoing vetting process to determine whether his book contains classified information that needs to be redacted or edited down.
The NSC "quickly identified significant quantities of classified information that it asked Defendant to remove," the complaint said. "An iterative process between NSC Staff and Defendant then began, as required by the binding agreements he signed, with changes to the book and other information being securely passed between Defendant and NSC staff. Soon, though, Defendant apparently became dissatisfied at the pace of NSC's review."
The suit alleges that instead of waiting for the process to conclude, Bolton "decided to take matters into his own hands."
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On Tuesday, the Trump administration sued the former national security adviser to prevent him from releasing the book. The lawsuit against Bolton accuses him of breaking his contract by backing out of the National Security Council's ongoing vetting process to determine whether his book contains classified information that needs to be redacted or edited down.
The NSC "quickly identified significant quantities of classified information that it asked Defendant to remove," the complaint said. "An iterative process between NSC Staff and Defendant then began, as required by the binding agreements he signed, with changes to the book and other information being securely passed between Defendant and NSC staff. Soon, though, Defendant apparently became dissatisfied at the pace of NSC's review."
The suit alleges that instead of waiting for the process to conclude, Bolton "decided to take matters into his own hands."
I wouldn't trust John Bolton as far as I could throw him but the dirt is appreciated if true.
KY
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