As several criminal investigations into President Donald Trump’s foes continue to flail, federal prosecutors are now ushering one of his biggest critics to a conviction.
Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of unlawfully retaining sensitive national security information — a rare win in the Justice Department’s list of prosecutions against the president’s political enemies.
Asked by the judge if he was guilty, Bolton said: “I am your honor and I’m sorry for it.”
The plea agreement prosecutors and attorneys for Bolton reached is for no more than 60 months in prison, with a $2.25 million fine. The first half of that fine will be paid within five days of sentencing, according to prosecutors. He will also forfeit his pension, according to prosecutors.
“I am required to calculate the guidelines myself,” Judge Theodore Chuang warned Bolton during the hearing, noting it may vary from the agreed guidelines between Bolton’s attorneys and prosecutors.
