Read the full indictment against John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser turned critic

Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton was charged Thursday in a federal investigation into possible mishandling of classified information, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

Read the full indictment by clicking on the document below.

The investigation into Bolton, who served for more than a year in President Donald Trump’s first administration before being fired in 2019, came to light in August when the FBI searched his home in Maryland and his office in Washington for secret records he may have kept from his years in government.

News of the charges broke during the president’s conversation with reporters in the Oval Office. Trump said he was unaware of the indictment and then criticized his former national security adviser, who has been an outspoken critic.

“I think he’s a bad person,” Trump said. “He’s a bad man.”

He added: “That’s the way it goes, isn’t it?”