JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NATIONAL SECURITY/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Before taking his new job as White House national security adviser in 10 days, John Bolton will have to wind down his multimillion-dollar political operation that is already in the thick of the 2018 election, according to the White House and an independent federal watchdog agency. Under the 1939 Hatch Act, federal employees such as the national security adviser ‘may not campaign for or against candidates or otherwise engage in political activity’ with partisan groups, according to the Office of the Special Counsel. The standing agency is unrelated to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, appointed by the Justice Department. The Office of the Special Counsel said Mr. Bolton cannot maintain the two political committees that bear his name. The committees had raised $6 million by the end of February and had a little more than half of that left in the bank, Federal Election Commission reports show.”
-Julie Bykowicz, “John Bolton to Exit Politics Ahead of White House Job,” The Wall Street Journal, Mar. 30, 2018