John Bolton to Plead Guilty to Retaining Classified Information
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- John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to retaining classified information in a private diary as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors, according to MS NOW.
- He faces up to 60 months in jail and a $2.25 million fine.
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John Bolton, who previously served as national security advisor to President Donald Trump, has agreed to plead guilty to retaining classified information in a private diary, MS NOW reported Thursday.
Bolton, who is a strong critic of Trump, faces a sentence of up to 60 months in jail and a fine of $2.25 million as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors on the single count, according to MS NOW.
The only people who were exposed to the secret information were his wife and daughter, according to a source cited by the outlet.
Bolton was indicted in October by a federal grand jury in Maryland on eight counts of transmission of national defense information and 10 counts of retention of national defense information. FBI agents had raided Bolton's home in Besthesda, Md., and his office in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 22 as part of the probe.
Bolton, who served as Trump's national security advisor from April 2018 through September 2019, is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., on June 26.
He is expected to enter his guilty plea in the case on that day.
When he was indicted, Bolton said he was innocent and that he was being targeted because of his public opposition to Trump.
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