Bolton to plead guilty in classified-documents case, facing up to five years

Former national security adviser John Bolton is expected to plead guilty to one count of retaining national defense information, with a potential prison term of up to five years and a $2.25 million fine. A change-of-plea hearing is set for June 26 before Judge Theodore D. Chuang in Maryland. The deal stems from Bolton allegedly sharing over 1,000 pages of sensitive material with relatives to help with a book and sending materials via a personal email later hacked, with additional documents found during a 2020 FBI search of his Bethesda home and D.C. office. The plea would be a notable DOJ victory in pursuing charges against Trump associates.