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Former Trump official, an outspoken Trump critic, John Bolton, has officially been indicted by a grand jury.

Bolton is facing 18 separate counts, all related to retaining or transmitting classified information.

Two senior federal law enforcement sources

tell NBC News that Bolton is expected to surrender to authorities tomorrow and will have an

initial court appearance on the same day. He served as Trump's national security advisor for part

of his first term, but the president quickly turned on Bolton because of his 2020 book where he harshly criticized his

former boss. Here's how Trump reacted to the news earlier today. Watch.

He was just indicted by Grand Jury in Maryland. Do you have a reaction to that?

I didn't know that. You tell me for the first time, but I think he's, you know, a bad person.

I think he's a bad guy. I think he's a bad guy.

Yeah, he's a bad guy. It's too bad, but it's the way it goes. That's the way it goes, right? That's the way it goes. Will I what?

Have you reviewed the case against him? No, I haven't. I haven't. But I just think he's a bad person.

In a statement, Bolton denied doing anything illegal and said the following.

When my email was hacked in 2021, the FBI was made fully aware. In four years of the prior administration, after these reviews, no charges were ever filed.

Then came Trump, too, who embodies what Joseph Stalin's head of secret police

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