{"id":1299,"date":"2026-06-07T04:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2026-06-07T04:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:07:34","slug":"john-bolton-reportedly-pleads-guilty-to-mishandling-classified-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299","title":{"rendered":"John Bolton Reportedly Pleads Guilty To Mishandling Classified Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
<\/p>\n

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton is set to plead guilty to mishandling classified materials, CNN first reported Thursday citing anonymous sources.<\/p>\n

Read more 7 Republicans Buck Party And Vote Against Extension Of Warrantless Spying Tool<\/a><\/p>\n

Bolton has agreed to pay a fine of more than $2 million and will plead guilty to a single count of illegal retention of sensitive national security documents, one of CNN\u2019s three anonymous sources told the outlet. On this count, Bolton can face a prison sentence of up to 60 months.<\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors accused the former national security adviser of using his personal email to share \u201cmore than a thousand pages of information about his day-to-day activities,\u201d with two individuals believed to be his wife and daughter, CNN reported. However, this is not the charge that sources told the outlet Bolton is expected to plead guilty to. The ex-official\u2019s hearing is scheduled for June 26.<\/p>\n

In October 2025, a federal grand jury indicted Bolton on 18 counts in connection to the former Trump administration official\u2019s alleged mishandling of classified information. (RELATED: Former National Security Adviser John Bolton Indicted)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the John Bolton PAC did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"Photo\n<\/div>\n

Attorney and former Trump administration national security advisor John Bolton speaks with historian Garrett Graff at the First Baptist Church during the 2025 Texas Tribune Festival on November 13, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe FBI\u2019s investigation revealed that John Bolton allegedly transmitted top secret information using personal online accounts and retained said documents in his house in direct violation of federal law,\u201d FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement at the time.<\/p>\n

Bolton, widely known as a proponent of hawkish foreign policy, served as President Donald Trump\u2019s national security chief from April 2018 to September 2019, before publicly falling out with and becoming a notable detractor of the president.<\/p>\n

Read more I Read Jill Biden\u2019s Book So You Don\u2019t Have To<\/a><\/p>\n

In August 2025, FBI agents conducted a morning raid on Bolton\u2019s home, carrying out a direct order from Patel.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

A source familiar with the raid told Daily Caller editorial director Vince Coglianese at the time that the investigation into Bolton \u201cinvolves stealing classified documents and weaponizing them for political purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2021, the Biden administration\u2019s DOJ dropped a criminal investigation filed during Trump\u2019s first term, which sought to determine whether Bolton illegally divulged classified information in his 2020 tell-all book \u201cThe Room Where it Happened.\u201d The scathing memoir, named after a song from the hip-hop Broadway musical \u201cHamilton,\u201d made several accusations against Trump including that he had asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help him win reelection that year.<\/p>\n

After his 2025 federal indictment was handed down, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley described that Bolton \u201ccomes across like a teenager in a chat room,\u201d according to his alleged behavior by the DOJ.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, he\u2019s sending this stuff by email after all the controversies that we have had for years about trying to secure this type of information,\u201d Turley said during a Fox News appearance at the time.<\/p>\n

A registered Republican, Bolton also notably served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations during the George W. Bush administration from August 2005 to December 2006. He previously served in the State departments under the administrations of both George W. Bush and his father George H.W. Bush and in the DOJ under the Reagan administration.<\/p>\n

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n

All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact\u00a0licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump Admin Reportedly Alarmed By Israel\u2019s Spying, Getting Too Close To Iran Negotiations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton is set to plead guilty to mishandling classified materials, CNN reported Thursday citing anonymous sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1609,31,1716],"class_list":["post-1299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-classified-documents","tag-donald-trump","tag-john-bolton"],"yoast_head":"\nJohn Bolton Reportedly Pleads Guilty To Mishandling Classified Materials - Home Transfer Guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John Bolton Reportedly Pleads Guilty To Mishandling Classified Materials - Home Transfer Guide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former National Security Adviser John Bolton is set to plead guilty to mishandling classified materials, CNN reported Thursday citing anonymous sources.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home Transfer Guide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-07T04:07:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=1299#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=1299\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529\"},\"headline\":\"John Bolton Reportedly Pleads Guilty To Mishandling Classified Materials\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-07T04:07:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=1299\"},\"wordCount\":673,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=1299#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/59a26631e48366e986fc5a27610e3774.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"classified documents\",\"donald trump\",\"john bolton\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Interesting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=1299#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=1299\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=1299\",\"name\":\"John Bolton Reportedly Pleads Guilty To Mishandling Classified Materials - Home Transfer Guide\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=1299#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=1299#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/59a26631e48366e986fc5a27610e3774.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-07T04:07:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=1299#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=1299\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=1299#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/59a26631e48366e986fc5a27610e3774.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/59a26631e48366e986fc5a27610e3774.webp\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":549},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=1299#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"John Bolton Reportedly Pleads Guilty To Mishandling Classified Materials\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Home Transfer Guide\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"John Bolton Reportedly Pleads Guilty To Mishandling Classified Materials - Home Transfer Guide","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"John Bolton Reportedly Pleads Guilty To Mishandling Classified Materials - Home Transfer Guide","og_description":"Former National Security Adviser John Bolton is set to plead guilty to mishandling classified materials, CNN reported Thursday citing anonymous sources.","og_url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299","og_site_name":"Home Transfer Guide","article_published_time":"2026-06-07T04:07:34+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#\/schema\/person\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529"},"headline":"John Bolton Reportedly Pleads Guilty To Mishandling Classified Materials","datePublished":"2026-06-07T04:07:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299"},"wordCount":673,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59a26631e48366e986fc5a27610e3774.webp","keywords":["classified documents","donald trump","john bolton"],"articleSection":["Interesting"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299","url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299","name":"John Bolton Reportedly Pleads Guilty To Mishandling Classified Materials - Home Transfer Guide","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59a26631e48366e986fc5a27610e3774.webp","datePublished":"2026-06-07T04:07:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#\/schema\/person\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59a26631e48366e986fc5a27610e3774.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59a26631e48366e986fc5a27610e3774.webp","width":1280,"height":549},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1299#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"John Bolton Reportedly Pleads Guilty To Mishandling Classified Materials"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/","name":"Home Transfer Guide","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#\/schema\/person\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/hometransferguide.com"],"url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}