{"id":2487,"date":"2026-06-27T08:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T08:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2026-06-27T08:06:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T08:06:01","slug":"john-bolton-pleads-guilty-in-classified-documents-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2487","title":{"rendered":"John Bolton Pleads Guilty In Classified Documents Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p>Former national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty Friday to one count of retention of classified documents.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2485\">British TikTok Influencer\u2019s Dubai Romance Ends In Murder Charge, Possible Execution<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The guilty plea is part of a deal struck by Bolton, who served a stint as National Security Advisor during President Donald Trump\u2019s first term, with the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to The Washington Post. As part of the deal, Bolton will pay a $2.25 million fine and could face up to 5 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2025, Bolton was indicted by a federal grand jury on 18 counts of transmitting national defense information and unlawfully retaining classified documents.\u00a0<strong>(RELATED: Everything You Need To Know About The Trump-Bolton Feud)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The plea deal, whose draft came to light in early June, was approved by U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang at a change-of-plea hearing in a Maryland federal court, according to The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he was indeed guilty of the charge, Bolton replied: \u201cI am your honor, and I\u2019m sorry for it,\u201d The Post reported.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>A federal  had accused Bolton of using his personal email to share \u201cmore than a thousand pages of information about his day-to-day activities.\u201d However, the former national security advisor pleaded guilty to a different charge.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2483\">Trump Claims Iran Broke Ceasefire Agreement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bolton is set to be sentenced on Oct. 28.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>Bolton, who served under Trump during his first administration, had been a vocal supporter of the president in the beginning and was reportedly\u00a0considered for secretary of state. However, Bolton was instead chosen to be Trump\u2019s third national security adviser in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He would end up leaving the position a little under a year and a half later after clashes with Trump during his service led to a falling out. The foreign policy hawk often found himself in conflict with the Trump\u2019s goals, leading to severe disagreements, including Bolton reportedly attempting to derail a Camp David meeting and potential agreement with the Taliban, The New York Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>During his announcement of Bolton\u2019s exit from the position in September 2019, Trump said, \u201cI informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration, and therefore I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning,\u201d Trump added. \u201cI thank John very much for his service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors claimed he had \u201cdiary-like\u201d handwritten notes, according to the Post. The indictment accused him of sharing Top Secret material with two unauthorized individuals. A cyber actor was also to have connections with the Islamic Republic of Iran was able to hack Bolton\u2019s email, securing access to sensitive information, according to the court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2481\">Man Takes Stroll With Co-Worker. Police Respond To Find Him Dead Under 1,000-Pound Boulder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: Article updated with additional information.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former National Security Adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty on Friday to one count of mishandling classified documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2706,270,31,1716],"class_list":["post-2487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-classified-documents-case","tag-doj","tag-donald-trump","tag-john-bolton"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>John Bolton Pleads Guilty In Classified Documents Case - 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=2487\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John Bolton Pleads Guilty In Classified Documents Case - 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