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John Bolton indictment says suspected Iranian hackers accessed his emails, issued threats

Then U.S. National Security Advisor, John Bolton at Israel's Prime Minister’s Residence, Jerusalem, August 2018. (Photo by Matty Stern, U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv)

By Tim Starks

Suspected Iranian hackers infiltrated former national security adviser John Bolton’s email account and threatened to release sensitive materials, his indictment alleges.

The indictment on charges that Bolton mishandled classified information, released Thursday, comes after President Donald Trump’s unprecedented public call for the Justice Department to prosecute his enemies. Bolton served under Trump in his first term as national security adviser and since has become a critic.

The passage of the indictment related to the Iranian hackers seeks to demonstrate a representative of Bolton knew his personal emails included information they shouldn’t have.

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