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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.

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Bolton strikes plea deal over national-security information, faces up to five years

John Bolton agreed to plead guilty to one count of retaining national security information under a plea deal, with arraignment set for June 26; the deal could carry a sentence from probation to 60 months in prison and about $2.25 million in restitution. Prosecutors say the information was described in an electronic diary shared with two family members, and there’s no claim he took, leaked, or shared documents. He had been indicted in 2020 on multiple counts related to transmitting and retaining classified information.

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