'The damage is done': Judge denies Trump administration request to block Bolton book

The judge, Royce Lamberth, said an injunction would be "toothless," but he warned the former national security adviser could face criminal charges.


A federal judge has denied the Trump administration's request to block the release of John Bolton's memoir, noting that the former national security adviser's book had already been "printed, bound and shipped across the country." In a Saturday morning ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth said the Justice Department’s request to suppress the tell-all book on national security grounds would be impossible to enforce, but the judge lambasted Bolton for his decision to move ahead with publication without an explicit go-ahead from the government.-- More...

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