{"id":271,"date":"2026-06-04T15:10:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=271"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:10:31","slug":"former-trump-advisor-john-bolton-agrees-to-plead-guilty-to-retaining-classified-information-ms-now-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=271","title":{"rendered":"Former Trump advisor John Bolton agrees to plead guilty to retaining classified information, MS NOW reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>John Bolton, who previously served as national security advisor to President Donald Trump, has agreed to plead guilty to retaining classified information in a private diary, MS NOW reported Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=269\">Finland\u2019s president says EU should expand to 40 states \u2014 including Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bolton, who is a strong critic of Trump, faces a sentence of up to 60 months in jail and a fine of $2.25 million as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors on the single count, according to MS NOW.<\/p>\n<p>The only people who were exposed to the secret information were his wife and daughter, according to a source cited by the outlet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Read more CNBC politics coverage<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Dell courted Trump early. His company has reaped rewards<\/li>\n<li>Trump DOJ \u2018lawfare\u2019 fund temporarily blocked by judge as suit proceeds<\/li>\n<li>Bondi defends handling of Epstein files to House panel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Bolton was indicted in October by a federal grand jury in Maryland on eight counts of transmission of national defense information and 10 counts of retention of national defense information. FBI agents had raided Bolton&#8217;s home in Bethesda, Md., and his office in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 22 as part of the probe.<\/p>\n<p>Bolton, who served as Trump&#8217;s national security advisor from April 2018 through September 2019,  is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., on June 26. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=267\">Israel and Lebanon agree to implement ceasefire<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He is expected to enter his guilty plea in the case on that day.<\/p>\n<p>When he was indicted, Bolton said he was innocent and that he was being targeted because of his public opposition to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment against him says that from 2018 until August 2025, Bolton shared &#8220;more than a thousand pages of his day-to-day activities as the National  Security Advisor \u2014 including information relating to the national  defense which was classified up to the TOP SECRET\/SCI [sensitive  compartmented information] level \u2014 with two unauthorized individuals&#8221;  who were relatives of his.<\/p>\n<p>Neither of those two people, who were identified by MS NOW as Bolton&#8217;s wife and daughter, had security  clearances, the indictment says.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=265\">House votes for measure that would end Iran war, in blow to Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When he was indicted, John Bolton said he was innocent and that he was being targeted because of his public opposition to President Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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