Legal & Political Implications - John Bolton, former national security advisor, indicted on 18 counts of mishandling national defense information [1] - The indictment stems from Bolton's alleged mishandling of classified information, including handwritten notes and diary-like entries emailed to family members [2] - Bolton's attorney claims he did not unlawfully share or store any information, asserting that keeping diaries is not a crime [3] - Bolton accuses President Trump of weaponizing the Justice Department and compares the situation to Joseph Stalin [5][6] - Bolton intends to fight the charges [6] Security Risks & Data Breaches - An individual believed to be associated with Iran allegedly hacked Bolton's personal email account and gained unauthorized access to classified information [3] - The FBI conducted searches of Bolton's home and office, seizing phones and computers [4] Political Feud - Bolton and Trump have a well-documented feud, with Trump criticizing Bolton's handling of classified information [1][4] - Trump considers Bolton a "bad guy" [1] - Bolton claims Trump is retaliating against him [5]

Legal & Political Developments - John Bolton, former National Security Advisor, has been indicted on 18 federal counts related to handling of classified information [1] - Each count carries a potential sentence of 10 years upon conviction [1] - The indictment follows weeks of grand jury evidence regarding claims of improper retention of classified information [2] - Revocation of John Bolton's security detail by Donald Trump was later deemed necessary by the Biden Justice Department due to threats from Iran [3] - John Bolton is the third critic of Donald Trump to be indicted in three weeks, joining Leticia James and Jim Comey [3]

Well, I have a terrific group to talk this over. Barbara Starr is a former board member of the Pentagon Press Association and CNN Prenicon correspondent for what, 21 years. Lieutenant General Mark Hurtling served as commander of US Army Europe.He is with me as well as here in studio. We have Oliver Darcy, founding and lead author of the status daily briefing. So, welcome all.We'll go ladies first, Barbara. So, even though all of these members of the Pentagon press corps no longer have press badges, I mean, ...

Joining us now, MSNBC legal correspondent and host of Can They Do That on YouTube, Lisa Rubin, and former former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Tom Dri. All right, so Lisa, you were inside the courtroom today. Um, describe what you saw, Katie. It was an absolutely surreal and bizarre experience to see someone who has been sort of affirminent of the federal law enforcement establishment. Jim Comey have to stand up and enter a plea today of not guilty. Also tell the judge, Judge Michael Knackmanov Eastern ...

On the campaign trail, President Trump said he'd take revenge against his perceived enemies if he won the election. His supporters, he emphasized, could count on him to be their retribution. Yesterday's court authorized search of one of his most vocal critics suggest promises made, promises kept as the retribution presidency takes shape.This time it's former Trump national security adviser John Bolton under investigation after FBI agents searched his home in office as part of a probe into the handling of cl ...

Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington where we are following multiple breaking news stories. Beginning with the FBI searching the home of former top Trump national security adviser turned vocal Trump critic John Bolton. The FBI entered Ambassador Bolton's Maryland home early this morning as part of what a source familiar with the matter calls a national security investigation related to the handling of classified materials and the use of classified documents and leaks to the news m ...

Joining us now, MSNBC justice and intelligence correspondent Ken Delaneian, who's outside of uh John Bolton's home, NBC News senior White House correspondent Garrett Hake, DC correspondent covering the Justice Department for the New York Times, Glenn Thrush, and MSNBC legal analyst and former US attorney in Michigan, Barbara Mcuade. Um, Ken, the FBI got there just before 7 this morning. Are they still there. They are indeed, Katie.We just saw a couple of agents or technicians with leave with their FBI windb ...

This has got to be a crime.Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok):HOLY SMOKESAdam Schiff personally requested to leak classified information to try to harm Trump https://t.co/1xxdlxMEHZ ...

The signal gate saga is getting worse for the Trump administration as new revelations suggest defense secretary Pete Hex says really did text classified information. The Washington Post reports that the Pentagon's independent watchdog has evidence that messages from Hex's signal chat previewing a US bombing campaign in Yemen were derived from an email classified as secret. According to the Washington Post, the strike plans had been shared in a classified email by the top commander overseeing US military ope ...

me now Washington Post national security reporter John Hudson who has that exclusive reporting and MSNBC host of the weekend and associate editor for the Washington Post John Kart John I should say John and Jonathan so there's no confusion we've had a lot of John's on today John tell us more about what your reporting shows >> yeah now to put this in context the administration has been relentless in saying that no classified information was shared in Signalgate whether that's the president of the United Stat ...