1 of 2 | President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to retaining classified information. File Photo by Abir Sultan/UPI | License Photo
June 4 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump's former national security advisor John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to retaining classified information.
Bolton has reached a tentative agreement ahead of his scheduled re-arraignment on June 26, The New York Times, CNN and CNBC reported Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Bolton will reportedly pay a $2 million fine as part of the plea agreement. He faces up to 60 months in prison for a single count of illegal retention of classified information. He has been charged with 10 counts of retaining national defense information and eight counts of transmission of national defense information.
The charges against Bolton do not allege that he kept original versions of classified documents. Rather he is accused of keeping diaries with classified information in them and sending emails that included details of his work as a national security advisor.
