(NewsNation) — Justice Department prosecutors are expected to ask a grand jury Thursday to indict former National Advisor John Bolton regarding his alleged possession of classified documents, a source briefed on the matter confirms to NewsNation.
Bolton has denied any wrongdoing.
The charges would stem from FBI searches in August of Bolton’s house and office as agents searched for classified information.
A FBI affidavit publicly released last month detailed agents believed Bolton might have violated the Espionage Act by mishandling national defense information. The affidavit confirmed the Trump administration believed Bolton may have wrongly revealed classified information in drafting his memoir, “The Room Where It Happened.”
An attorney for Bolton has previously noted the Biden admini