UPDATE, 4:49 p.m. Eastern: President Donald Trump issued a statement.
BREAKING: President Trump just responded to the news that John Bolton has been indicted by a gran jury!
“I didn’t know that. You’re telling me for the first time! I think he’s a bad person. Too bad.” pic.twitter.com/QlGR2EDQoS
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