Federal prosecutors are expected to ask a Maryland grand jury to indict John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, a person familiar said. Details are unknown, though warrant materials point to alleged mishandling of classified material, including diary-like notes and AOL emails. Bolton’s lawyer says he did nothing wrong and that classified-marked files taken from his phone were decades old. The move comes as the justice department faces pressure from Trump, while a Trump-picked Virginia US attorney has obtained indictments against James Comey and Letitia James. Foreign hack of Bolton’s AOL account and Espionage Act criteria also loom.

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