John Bolton Expected to Plead Guilty to Mishandling Classified Documents

John Bolton, former US national security adviser, is expected to plead guilty to one count of illegal retention of sensitive national security documents. Sources indicate that he has agreed to pay a fine exceeding $2 million. A conviction for this charge could result in a prison sentence ranging from 0 to 60 months. This plea deal follows charges filed against Bolton in Maryland for allegedly retaining diary entries from his time in the Trump administration. Prosecutors have accused him of sharing over a thousand pages of information through his personal email with unauthorized individuals, identified as his wife and daughter. However, the transmission of classified information is not part of the charges he plans to plead guilty to. Bolton was initially charged with eight counts of transmission of national defense information and ten counts of retention of national defense information. A court hearing is scheduled for June 26. The case has received support from career prosecutors, differing from other cases involving Trump’s associates.