Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson. And today is Friday, October 17th, 2025. This is USA Today is the Excer.

Today, breaking down the indictment of John Bolton, as a judge bars trump from sending troops to Chicago, and baseball's playoffs move closer to deciding a World Series matchup.

Former national security advisor John Bolton, who later became a critic of President Donald Trump, has been indicted.

I spoke with USA Today, Justice Department correspondent Aisha Bagchi for more.

Asia, as always, thanks for

Rappan. Thanks, Taylor. I'm happy to be here. So just starting with the basics, I mean,

what do we know about this indictment and what wed us to this point? John Bolton was indicted on

18 counts of retaining and transmitting national defense information. That includes 10 counts of

retaining the information, eight counts of

transmitting it. According to the indictment, this has to do with various kind of documents that

John Bolton allegedly kept in his possession after he was no longer serving as a national

security advisor in President Trump's first presidential administration. And according to the

indictment, there was a hacker who was associated with Iran who gained access to some

national defense information that John Bolton had allegedly emailed. So the indictment is

really alleging that some national defense information

was made vulnerable to a foreign government. And according to the allegations, this included

planned covert actions by the U.S. government. It included information suggesting that a foreign

adversary was responsible for an attack. and it included information on the sources and

collection methods that the government used in order to obtain foreign intelligence.

All right. And have we heard from Bolton or his lawyers after this?

Yes, John Bolton's lawyer released a statement pretty quickly after the indictment came down.

Abby Lowell said that this indictment,

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