John Bolton, the former national security adviser to Donald Trump, was anticipated to surrender to authorities on Friday to face criminal charges related to the alleged mishandling of classified information. Concurrently, President Trump was scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, hours after agreeing to another summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest following a “very productive” call. Domestically, President Trump had expressed intentions to address dissent and deployed troops in US cities, leading US non-profits to respond to his public statements regarding George Soros. In legal developments, President Trump filed a 40-page amended complaint after a federal judge previously dismissed his $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, Penguin Random House, and two Times reporters.
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