John Bolton Agrees to Plead Guilty in Documents Case, Pay $2 Million Fine: Report
Bolton would pay a more than $2 million fine and could avoid prison under the deal, which covers one retention count and drops transmission charges.
- 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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