US Court Allows Bolton Memoir Sales... Trump Warns "Will Pay a Heavy Price" (Summary)

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[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] The U.S. Department of Justice has dismissed the court injunction request to ban the sale of former White House National Security Council (NSC) advisor John Bolton's memoir. President Donald Trump warned that Bolton would pay a heavy price for this.

On the 20th (local time), U.S. media outlets such as The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal reported that a U.S. federal court rejected the government's injunction request to prohibit the publication of Bolton's book, "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir."

Judge Lois C. Lambis of the Washington D.C. federal court explained the background of the decision, stating, "Bolton rushed to publish the memoir, threatening national security, but the government failed to prove that an injunction was an appropriate remedy."

Judge Lambis noted that it appears the government did not confirm that Bolton's memoir contained classified information, and predicted that even if the memoir is published, former advisor Bolton would lose sales profits and face criminal liability.

Immediately after the court ruling, President Trump tweeted, "John Bolton, who completely failed until I gave him a chance, broke the law by disclosing (a large amount of) classified information. Like others who did this before him, he must pay a very heavy price for this. This must never happen again!!!" indicating a tough stance.

According to the court ruling, Bolton's memoir is expected to be sold as scheduled starting on the 23rd. The publisher claimed that they have already received hundreds of thousands of orders and are shipping the books.

In this book, former advisor Bolton asserts that President Donald Trump acted for his reelection rather than national security, revealing the behind-the-scenes of summits with Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. Meanwhile, current and former Trump administration officials have countered Bolton's claims as lies.

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