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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

John Bolton compares Trump administration to Stalin’s secret police after becoming latest political enemy to be indicted

Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton delivered a damning rebuke of the charges against him after he became what he called the latest target in the president’s politically motivated crusade against his “enemies”.

An 18-count federal grand jury indictment accuses Bolton of illegally transmitting and retaining classified documents — allegations that appear to cover a period in which Bolton was collecting material for a damning tell-all book about his time in the first Trump administration.

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