John Bolton expected to plead guilty Friday in classified information case
The deal narrows an 18-count indictment to one felony and could bring up to five years in prison, prosecutors said.
- John Bolton pleaded guilty to one count of illegally retaining classified information and agreed to pay a $2.25 million fine, facing up to five years in prison under a plea deal reached in 2026.
- Bolton was initially indicted on 18 counts for sharing national defense information with relatives assisting his memoir, but he struck a plea deal admitting to one count instead.
- The investigation was led by veteran prosecutors under the Biden administration, including FBI raids on Bolton's office and home where classified materials were seized.
- Bolton served as national security adviser under President Donald Trump but was fired in 2019 after foreign policy disagreements; his memoir criticized Trump extensively.
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Trump nemesis John Bolton in court over charges of stealing national security secrets * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff
Source link Then-National Security Adviser John Bolton in an interview Aug. 27, 2019, with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton, who once served in President Donald Trump’s White House but later turned against him, has appeared in court to answer to a charge of retaining classified information. The Daily Mail reported with his
John Bolton's declaration is the result of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, who originally charged him with 18 counts of retaining, using, and transmitting classified information after leaving the White House. As part of the agreement, Bolton agreed to plead guilty to one count and pay a $2.25 million fine. In exchange, he faces up to five years in prison instead of a potentially decades-long sentence, although the politician's team ho…
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From a close Trump employee to the sharpest critic: John Bolton has made a confession of guilt in the affair for secret documents.
John Bolton has illegally kept secret documents, which Donald Trump's former security adviser has now tried. At first, he had pleaded not guilty. He is threatened with a prison sentence.
Trump's former advisor accepts an agreement with the Department of Justice that could prevent jail, but a judge will define his legal future
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