Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton has pleaded not guilty to mishandling classified information, vowing to fight what he views as an abuse of power by his former boss.

The morning after he was indicted by a Grand Jury in Maryland, the high-profile Trump critic appeared in federal court on Friday morning to face 18 charges, each with a maximum of 10 years in jail, for allegedly holding and sharing highly sensitive national defense information.

He did not speak to reporters as he left the courtroom, but in an earlier statement, he made it clear that he believed the case was another effort by Trump to target his political enemies.

His lawyer, Abbe Lowell, has also portrayed the matter as an attempt to punish Bolton for taking notes for his 2020 memoir, The Room Whe

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