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John Bolton Pleads Guilty to Mishandling Classified Documents

John Bolton Pleads Guilty to Mishandling Classified Documents

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Former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty in a Maryland federal court to unlawfully retaining classified information. He faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $2.25 million fine, with sentencing scheduled for October 28.

Kelly Hayes
US Attorney's Office
1. He also knew the damage to national security that could be caused by mishandling that sensitive information. Nevertheless, as Mr. Bolton just admitted, he put our nation security at grave risk in violation of the law.
2. He knew where it should be stored, how it should be stored and with whom he could share that information.
3. As national security adviser to the president of the United States, Mr. Bolton had access to and was responsible for safeguarding the most sensitive national defense information including classified material.
4. He put our national security at grave risk.
Abbe David Lowell
1. Today, Ambassador Bolton did what real leaders do. He took responsibility for a mistake he made, thereby saving the government resources to pursue a case that could expose additional sensitive information.
2. Ambassador Bolton, whose offence was only keeping a diary which contained classified information, kept a record to ‌preserve history, but Donald Trump kept secrets to serve himself.
3. By contrast, president Trump thumbed his nose at the classified information laws, took actual classified documents to his Florida ‌mansion, interfered with the investigation of ⁠that conduct, and has never accepted any accountability for his conduct.

John Bolton Pleads Guilty to Mishandling Classified Documents

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