On October 17, local time, he served as President¡¯s National Security Assistant during Trump¡¯s first term as president.John Bolton surrendered himself¡£A day earlier, he was indicted by a federal grand jury on suspicion of mishandling confidential information.

Bolton was photographed leaving his home in Bethesda, Maryland, that morning and then entered the Federal District Court in Greenbelt to attend the first hearing. indictment showsBolton has been charged with 18 charges, including illegal storage and transfer of defence-secret information.

The indictment accuses Bolton of ¡°abusing¡± the office of President¡¯s National Security Assistant to share more than 1,000 pages of information about his ¡°day-to-day work activities¡± with those who have relationships with him and are not entitled to access such information.

Bolton issued a statement on the 16th denying the allegations, saying that Trump "weaponized" the Ministry of Justice and used the agency to prosecute "people he regarded as enemies", while the allegations were "previously rejected or the facts were distorted". (CCTV reporter Xu Tao)