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Former NSC Employee Alleges Political Attempt to Block Bolton's Memoir

Anna Salvatore
Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 11:25 AM

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On Tuesday, counsel for former National Security Council (NSC) employee Ellen Knight submitted a letter about her role in the prepublication review of John Bolton's memoir. The letter argues that the Office of Legal Counsel and NSC Legal Office took "extraordinary actions" to block the book's publication "for a seemingly political purpose."

To read more about the initial civil dispute between John Bolton and the Justice Department, click here.

You can find the letter here or below.


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Anna Salvatore is a rising freshman at Princeton University. She previously served as the editor in chief of High School SCOTUS, a legal blog written by teenagers. She is now a fall intern at Lawfare.

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