Says Bolton 'broke the law' and 'will have bombs dropped on him' amid bid to block memoir

After Judge Royce Lamberth declined the Justice Department's request to enjoin publication of former national security adviser John Bolton's memoir The Room Where It Happened — a suit the department had filed on June 16, a week before the book's release — Trump tweeted that Bolton "broke the law," faced "a really big price to pay," and "will have bombs dropped on him!" Trump had said earlier that week that he considered any conversation with him as president "highly classified" and that Bolton would have "criminal problems" if the book came out. The book described, among other episodes, Trump asking Chinese President Xi Jinping for help with his reelection. First Amendment advocates and the book's publisher characterized the suit as an attempt to use the government's classification apparatus to suppress a critic's account before an election; the department later dropped the suit.

"Bolton broke the law and has been called out and rebuked for so doing, with a really big price to pay. He likes dropping bombs on people, and killing them. Now he will have bombs dropped on him!" Quote verified against source