Oct. 17 (UPI) -- John Bolton, the former national security adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty Friday after he turned himself in to federal authorities on charges he illegally held and shared national security information.
Bolton, 76, entered the Greenbelt, Md., federal courthouse with his legal team around 8:30 a.m. EDT. His initial court hearing was slated for later in the day. He proclaimed his innocence in front of federal Judge Timothy Sullivan.
On Thursday, a federal grand jury indicted Bolton on 18 felony counts of holding or sharing "diary-like" documents that he wrote while Trump's national security adviser from 2018 to 2019 during his first term.
Bolton is now the third Trump foe targeted by the U.S. Department of Justice after former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after the FBI raided Bolton's home in August.
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