President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr did not deny on Monday that the administration would sue to block the impending release of John Bolton’s memoir, with Barr insisting that the former national security adviser had yet to finish the required pre-publication clearance process.
Following a roundtable at the White House on senior citizens issues, Trump told reporters that if the administration had not already taken legal action, “they will soon be in court”.
The potential legal threat, first reported by ABC News, comes just a week before Bolton’s tell-all about his time in the West Wing is set to be released. Bolton has been sparring with the White House since late January over accusations that the impending memoir contains classified information.