Bolton pleads guilty to keeping national security records from Trump era

Former White House national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of retaining national security information from his work in Trump’s first term. He faces up to 60 months in prison and has agreed to pay $2.25 million; Bolton described the retained information as an electronic diary entry shared with two family members. He was re-arraigned in Greenbelt, Maryland, and is set to be sentenced on Oct. 28, with the original indictment having charged multiple counts related to transmission and retention of national defense information.