John Bolton's super PAC hired Cambridge Analytica to conduct work using data gathered from Facebook: Report

A political action committee started by President Trump’s incoming national security adviser, John Bolton, was one of the first groups to hire Cambridge Analytica and tasked the data firm with conducting “behavioral microtargeting with psychographic messaging” using data gathered from Facebook, according to a report.

The New York Times reported Friday that Bolton’s group, The John Bolton SuperPAC, hired Cambridge Analytica in August 2014, a time period that overlaps with when the firm was improperly harvesting data from millions of Facebook profiles. The company had started months before it was hired by Bolton’s group.