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Ex-national security adviser John Bolton pleads guilty to illegally retaining classified information (apnews.com)
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GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty on Friday to illegally retaining classified information, sealing a deal with federal prosecutors that could allow him to avoid a prison term.

Bolton, who became an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump after serving in the Republican’s first administration, is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 28 by U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Bolton, 77, of Bethesda, Maryland, pleaded guilty to a single count of illegally retaining national defense information, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years. His plea agreement with the Justice Department may enable him to avoid time behind bars, but the judge ultimately will decide his punishment.

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[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 20 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Bolton shared over 1,000 pages of diary-style information about his daily duties as national security adviser with his family members, according to a court filing accompanying his guilty plea. There is no evidence that his relatives shared the information with anybody else

Damn, now imagine if he had retained actual classified, Top Secret documents and stashed them in some random bathroom of his open-to-the-public golf course clubhouse... Can only IMAGINE how angry republicans would be over THAT!