Judge Raises Doubts About Halting Release Of John Bolton’s Book, But Wonders Why He Didn’t Seek Court Relief During Review Process

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Also Read: Judge Temporarily Blocks Mary Trump's Tell-All Book About President and FamilyBolton’s book was published on June 23 after facing a volley of litigation from the Trump administration and the Department of Justice, which sought to block the publication of the book over concerns that it contained classified information.The former national security adviser’s memoir joins a number of other books written by current and former Trump administration officials, including an anonymous senior

Call it the Battle of the Bolton. Or Maybe Bolton Squared. Either way, on Wednesday night (June 24), The Late Show invited crooner Michael Bolton on to sing excerpts from the new White House tell-all The Room Where It Happened by former National Security Advisor John Bolton and the results were... hilarious. But also terrifying.

Michael Bolton.The joke is exactly what it sounds like — a fake trailer for the “exclusive audiobook” of John Bolton’s book, “also sung by Bolton… Michael Bolton,” the narrator of the clip tells us. Cue up the very real and very excellent voice of Michael, singing along to some of the more well-reported details from the book set to smooth rock music.

Former Trump Administration National Security Advisor John Bolton has been making headlines with his just-released tell-all The Room Where It Happened, spilling all manner of salacious details about the the alleged illegal and unethical conduct that led to the president’s impeachment.

John Bolton has faced brutal criticism for deciding to publish a book about Donald Trump‘s Ukraine scandal, rather than testifying in his impeachment trial, but he was met with a new controversy on The View. Co-host Meghan McCain, 35, derided the former National Security Advisor for calling his tell-all The Room Where It Happened, which is almost exactly the name of one of the most famous songs from the Broadway musical Hamilton.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorIn a clip released from tonight’s Late Show, host Stephen Colbert relentlessly questions former Trump national security advisor John Bolton about the president.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterABC News’ exclusive interview with John Bolton, the former National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump, topped Sunday night’s ratings, delivering a 0.7 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 6.14 million viewers.

Will Thorne Staff WriterThe Sunday night ratings race was won not by a game show or a summer series, but by ABC News’ interview of Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton.The interview, which comes amid the Trump’s failed attempts to block Bolton from publishing a book on his experience working under the current President, scored a 0.7 rating among adults 18-49 and drew 6.1 million total viewers, placing it among the most-watched programming of the broadcast summer to date.

John Bolton'smemoirofficially comes out Tuesday after surviving a security review and alegal challengefrom the Justice Department. But over the weekend, it was available in ways even his publisher is hoping to prevent.

Ted Johnson ABC News devoted a primetime hour to an exclusive interview with John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, and they could not have asked for a better way of promoting the sit-down.It was tied to the pending release of Bolton’s book The Room Where It Happened, chalk full of scorching anecdotes about his former boss.Just on Saturday, a federal judge ruled against the administration’s effort to stop the book’s release this week, while chiding Bolton for not

NEW YORK -- John Bolton's memoir officially comes out Tuesday after surviving a security review and a legal challenge from the Justice Department. But over the weekend, it was available in ways even his publisher is hoping to prevent.

Also Read: John Bolton Says Trump 'Not Fit for Office,' Lacks Competence to Perform Job (Video)Excerpts of the book, which is scheduled for a June 23 release, have already been published and its contents reported upon.“We are grateful that the Court has vindicated the strong First Amendment protections against censorship and prior restraint of publication.

Ted Johnson A federal judge has rejected a Justice Department effort to prevent the release of the memoir from Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton.But U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth also was highly critical of the way that Bolton went about submitting his book for review and then went ahead and published it before obtaining a written clearance.Bolton “has gambled with the national security of the United States,” Lamberth wrote.

election-year readership and distribution of a memoir that paints an unflattering portrait of President Donald Trump's foreign policy decision-making during the turbulent year-and-a-half that Bolton spent in the White House.

WASHINGTON -- Former national security adviser John Bolton created a “mess" of his own making by moving to publish his book without receiving final authorization that the manuscript was free of classified information, Trump administration lawyers argued Friday in urging a judge to block the book's release.

sued Bolton on Tuesday, arguing that Bolton breached his contractual and fiduciary obligations by revealing classified information in his upcoming book.The book, “The Room Where It Happened,” is scheduled to be published on June 23 from Simon & Schuster.

Ted Johnson A federal judge scheduled a hearing for early Friday afternoon on the Justice Department’s effort to obtain an emergency order to halt the release of John Bolton’s memoir, even though a number of journalists already have obtained the book and reported on some of its explosive claims about Donald Trump’s White House.U.S. District Judge Royce C.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticLin-Manuel Miranda has weighed in on John Bolton’s lift of a Hamilton lyric for use as the title of his memoir The Room Where It Happened.Since the former national security adviser announced the title last year, Hamilton fans took notice of the reference to the musical’s song “The Room Where It Happens.” Earlier this year, the show’s producer, Jeffrey Seller, told a California newspaper, “I don’t even know how to describe it; it’s just strange.”Miranda