Trump moves to halt publication of ex-aide's book on White House

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The U.S. Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit against John Bolton on Tuesday to block the publication and sale of his new White House tell-all book.

The American government is arguing that the former national security adviser’s publication contains classified information “that cannot be released to the public”, the“This is a civil action by the United States to prevent Defendant John R.

“I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning,” Mr Trump tweeted, then adding he would appoint a replacement the next week.He had disagreed withThe hard-line ex-official had hoped to publish the book, “The Room Where It Happened,” in early 2020 but has faced an uphill task, the latest, an onslaught by the Trump government.

“This is the book Donald Trump doesn’t want you to read. There hasn’t been a detailed, inside account on how this president makes decisions on a day-to-day basis, until now,” Simon & Schuster, the publisher, asserted last week. “He argues that the House committed impeachment malpractice by keeping their prosecution focused narrowly on Ukraine when Trump’s Ukraine-like transgressions existed across the full range of his foreign policy.

He warned: “As we advised your client when he signed the nondisclosure agreements, and as he should be well as aware as Assistant to the President for the National Security Affairs in this administration, the unauthorised disclosure of classified information could be exploited by a foreign power, thereby causing significant harm to the national security of the United States.”

 

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