A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's request to block the release of John Bolton's book. Despite the ruling, the president sought to frame the decision on Saturday as a 'BIG COURT WIN.'
, stands in the White House briefing room. On Saturday, a federal judge declined the Trump administration's request to block the publication of the former national security adviser's book.The release of former national security adviser John Bolton's new book,remains on track after a federal judge on Saturday rejected the Trump administration's request to block its release.
Judge Royce Lamberth of the D.C. District Court said that Bolton may still be facing legal jeopardy, and that because of a rush to print, it was likely that his book contained classified information. But with hundreds of thousands of copies of the book already out for sale, according to its publisher, the judge ruled that the administration's efforts had come too late."The damage is done," he wrote in a 10-page opinion.
"Defendant Bolton has gambled with the national security of the United States. He has exposed his country to harm and himself to civil liability," Lamberth concluded."But these facts do not control the motion before the Court. The government has failed to establish that an injunction will prevent irreparable harm."
The Justice Department had sought a temporary restraining order against Bolton and his publisher, Simon & Schuster, citing what it called the presence of classified information in Bolton's manuscript. But the book already has been widely distributed and reported on, and it is scheduled to be released Tuesday.
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