[Washington Examiner] A federal judge has denied the Trump administration’s request to block John Bolton’s book from being released, but nevertheless warned the former national security adviser likely risked U.S. national security by disclosing classified information.In a 10-page decision, Judge Royce Lamberth of the D.C. District Court wrote that the Justice Department’s arguments against releasing the book were not enough to overcome the fact that the book’s details were already publicly available. Lamberth also said the memoir could be distributed via the internet, even if he ruled that it could not be published.
Multiple news outlets already have reported on leaked content from the book.
"For reasons that hardly need to be stated, the Court will not order a nationwide seizure and destruction of a political memoir," Lamberth wrote.
The judge also chastised Bolton for pushing forward with the book publication process despite not having the green light from the Trump administration about its contents.