Bolton has been criminally indicted on federal charges pertaining to the alleged mishandling of classified information. Since leaving the White House in 2019, he has become a vocal Trump critic, going so far as to call him "stunningly uninformed" and unfit for office in his memoir.

For the third time in three weeks, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has secured an indictment against one of his most prominent foes – someone whom Trump has accused of crimes and indicated should be prosecuted.

John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, was indicted on Thursday on charges of illegally storing and transmitting classified information. Bolton became a vocal critic of Trump after leaving the administration in 2019. The investigation into Bolton began before Trump's second term.

The former Trump national security adviser is making his initial court appearance on federal charges that allege he mishandled classified information.

Justice Department brought a more traditional case than in other recent indictments, but political backdrop complicates prospects.

By the time FBI Director Kash Patel took office in February, the investigation into whether John Bolton mishandled classified information had been in the works for roughly three years.

The Justice Department indicted former National Security Adviser John Bolton on charges related to mishandling classified information. Bolton was a vocal critic of President Trump, and his indictment comes on the heels of indictments of other Trump critics,