John Bolton Agrees to Plead Guilty in Documents Case, Pay $2 Million Fine: Report
Bolton would pay more than $2 million and avoid transmission charges under a plea deal resolving an 18-count case, sources said.
- John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, intends to plead guilty to one count of illegal retention of sensitive national security documents and pay more than $2 million.
- The FBI opened an inquiry into Bolton during the Biden presidency after Iranian hackers breached his email, uncovering "diary-like entries" containing top secret information from his time as national security adviser.
- Prosecutors in Maryland initially charged Bolton with eight counts of transmission and 10 counts of retention of national defense information, alleging he shared "more than a thousand pages of information about his day-to-day activities" with family.
- Unlike proceedings against FBI Director James Comey or New York Attorney General Letitia James, the Justice Department maintained the case with career prosecutor support despite Trump's long-standing calls for Bolton's arrest.
- A court hearing is scheduled for June 26 to address the plea. A conviction on the illegal retention count carries a sentence between zero and 60 months, though alleged transmission charges are excluded from the deal.
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At the same time, he has reportedly agreed to pay a fine exceeding $2 million.
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John Bolton, who served as national security adviser to President Donald Trump during his first term, just got more bad news. Bolton has reportedly agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge involving the retention of classified information in a personal diary, according to Thursday reports. Under the reported plea agreement, Bolton would plead guilty to a single count related to the handling of classified material. The report states that the ag…
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avisendanmark.dkBolton has pleaded guilty to the sensitive information case. He is ready to pay a million-dollar fine.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, who has become a persistent critic of the Republican president, is expected to plead guilty for the misuse of classified documents, CNN reported on Thursday, citing three sources familiar with the matter. Bolton intends to plead guilty to a charge of illegal withholding of confidential national security documents and has agreed to pay a fine of more than $2 million,” CN…
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