Bolton Scores Pyrrhic Victory in Court Ruling on Trump Book (2)

A federal judge excoriated former national security advisor John Bolton for exposing the U.S. to harm with his tell-all memoir about President Donald Trump but said it’s too late to issue an order that would stop publication of the book.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington on Saturday rejected the Justice Department’s last-ditch attempt to block the publication on national security grounds, paving the way for “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir” to go on sale June 23.

In his judgment, Lamberth slammed Bolton for gambling with national security and going ahead with the book before ...