John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Trump, is planning to plead guilty to one count of retaining classified national security information. He will pay a $2.25 million fine, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
Bolton was indicted last year on 18 counts related to his handling of sensitive government information that prosecutors said he shared with two relatives in “diary-like” entries across a seven-year span for possible use in a book he was writing. He had pleaded not guilty in October.
Bolton is expected to submit the plea agreement at a hearing at the U.S. district court in Maryland on June 26. The docket describes the hearing as a re-arrangement.
The sentencing range for the single count is from zero to 60 months of incarceration, the person added.
Watch John Bolton tell the world President Trump should go to prison for a crime he was committing. Bolton deserves prison just for that.
June 2023. Bolton wanted Trump to do jail time over classified docs:
"If the government can prove what they allege here, shouldn't this man go to jail?"
Bolton has now pled guilty for mishandling classified materials. pic.twitter.com/iD31M8ZTAR
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 4, 2026
