John Bolton to plead guilty in classified information case
What's next: Bolton is due back in federal court in Maryland on June 26 and could face a $2.25 million fine under the deal.
Former national security adviser John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to one count of retaining classified information, narrowing a Maryland federal case that originally included 18 counts tied to diary-like notes from his time in government. The plea deal could spare Bolton prison, though any sentence will be decided by a judge and is capped at five years. Prosecutors alleged he shared more than 1,000 pages of notes, including material classified up to top secret, with two relatives who lacked security clearances as he prepared his memoir. Bolton, once a Trump adviser and later a sharp critic, is scheduled for a rearraignment on June 26 in Greenbelt, Maryland.