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The United States on Tuesday sued former national securityadviserJohnBolton, seeking toblockhim from publishing abookabout his time in the White House that it said contained classified information and would compromise national security.

The civil lawsuit came one day after USPresident DonaldTrumpsaidBoltonwould be breaking the law if thebookwere published.

The White House National Security Council (NSC) has determined that the manuscript in its present form contains certain passages some up to several paragraphs in length that contain classified national security information, the lawsuit said.

Publicationof thebookwould cause irreparable harm, because the disclosure of instances of classified information in the manuscript reasonably could beexpected to cause serious damage, orexceptionally grave damage, to the national security of the United States, according to the lawsuit.

TrumpfiredBoltonlast September after roughly 17 months as national securityadviser.

Trumpsaid on Monday thatBoltonknows he has classified information in hisbook, and that he had not completed a clearing process required for anybookwritten by former government officials who had access to sensitive information.

Attorney general William Barr said the Justice Department was trying to getBoltonto complete the clearance process and make the necessary deletions of classified information.

Boltons lawyer Charles Cooper said they were reviewing the lawsuit and will respond in due course.

The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoiris set to be published on June 23.

Publisher Simon and Schuster said the lawsuit is an attempt by theTrumpadministration to stop publicationof abookit deems unflattering to the President. It saidBoltonhas fully cooperated with the NSC pre-publicationreview.

Thebookprovides an insider account ofTrumps inconsistent, scattershot decision-making process, the publisher has said.

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US Government Sues Former Trump NSA John Bolton to Block Book Publication - The Wire