Judge Royce C. Lamberth set a hearing for 1:00 PM on Friday, via videoconference, to hear arguments on the Department of Justice’s request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction blocking the release of John Bolton’s book. Meanwhile, papers filed by Bolton’s attorneys explain why — no matter how the judge rules — release of the book cannot be stopped. “There is nothing that Ambassador Bolton can do to stop the book from becoming public on June 23; indeed, it is already public.” As Simon & Schuster ceo Jonathan Karp attests, “More than 200,000 copies of the book have […]
