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Bolton reaches plea deal over mishandling classified documents

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Source: The Guardian
Bolton reaches plea deal over mishandling classified documents
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Former national security adviser John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to one count of illegal retention of sensitive national security information, pay a $2.25 million fine, and faces a potential sentence of zero to five years in prison, with the plea subject to court approval and Bolton set to appear in court on June 26; the charges relate to notes and diaries Bolton kept during his tenure and to materials recovered in an August raid.

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