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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In Reversal, John Bolton Will Plead Guilty, Avoid Jail
Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information under a deal with the Justice Department that could allow him to avoid prison time, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday. The deal would resolve a criminal case...
Former Trump adviser John Bolton to plead guilty to retaining national security information
John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who later became one of his fiercest critics, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of retaining national security information, two sources familiar with the matter said
At the same time, he has reportedly agreed to pay a fine exceeding $2 million.
AP report: Ex-national security adviser John Bolton will plead guilty in classified information case
The deal would resolve a criminal case filed in October that charged Bolton with 18 counts of either retaining or disseminating classified information, including diary-like notes from his time in government that officials say he shared with his family members as he was preparing a memoir about his time in office.
A former national security adviser to Donald Trump during his first term, John Bolton, who became one of his most virulent detractors, will plead guilty to the retention of national defence documents, reports the American media on Thursday.
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