A federal judge on Saturday rejected the emergency request of the Justice Department of the Government of President Donald Trump to stop the publication of the book by his former national security adviser John Bolton, whose excerpts are known and in which he is very critical of the president.

"Although Bolton's unilateral conduct raises serious national security concerns, the government has not established that a restrictive order is an appropriate remedy," said Judge Royce C. Lamberth.

Lamberth remarked that "for reasons that hardly need to be mentioned, the Court will not order a national seizure and destruction of political memoirs" in reference to the editorial's announcement that more than 200,000 copies have already been sent for sale throughout the country .

The Justice Department had asked the judge in charge of the case, Royce C. Lamberth, that the measure that he claims should also prevent the publisher, Simon & Schuster, and the bookstores from distributing it.

The government this week opened a lawsuit against Bolton to prevent the book from seeing the light on June 23 (expected publication date), alleging that it contains classified information.

US media leaked this Wednesday some excerpts from Bolton's book, entitled "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir" that offers the image of a Donald Trump who lets himself be influenced by international leaders and who ignores basic concepts of foreign policy, such as that Finland is not part of Russia.

In his book, Bolton argues that in his political decisions, Trump always prioritizes his reelection over the national interest and also that he is inclined "to do personal favors for dictators he likes."

On Monday, the president warned that Bolton will have "a very serious criminal problem" if he goes ahead with his plan to publish the book.

Bolton's attorney, Charles Cooper, has argued that the book does not contain any confidential material and that his client has worked with the White House National Security Council for months to allow them to review the content.

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