For just one count? On an even playing field, the Bidens would be in jail for life and fined into bankruptcy for the mishandling of classified documents.
Posted on 06/04/2026 7:46:21 AM PDT by CFW
John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser-turned-adversary, is expected to plead guilty over mishandling classified documents, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
He intends to plead guilty to one count of illegal retention of sensitive national security documents, according to one of the sources. He has also agreed to pay a more than $2 million fine, according to one of the sources.
A conviction on one count of illegal retention comes with a sentence between 0 and 60 months in prison.
The plea deal comes months after the top Trump foe was charged by prosecutors in Maryland for allegedly keeping diary entries from the first Trump White House in his home.
Prosecutors accused Bolton of sharing “more than a thousand pages of information about his day-to-day activities” through his personal email account with two unauthorized individuals, who CNN has reported are his wife and daughter. The alleged transmission of classified information isn’t part of the charges he expects to plead guilty to.
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For just one count? On an even playing field, the Bidens would be in jail for life and fined into bankruptcy for the mishandling of classified documents.
Even under a republican administration the only people who ever get convicted are republicans.
A plea deal down to $2mil? What did they start at?
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is walking (drunkenly staggering?) around free as a bird. “Lady Justice” is a hypocrite.
All the while, the Democrats who mishandled classified information walk free.
He should have been charged one count for every document he took, just like how New York City charged Donald Trump one count for every business transaction they said was fraudulent.
-PJ
-PJ
Where can I go to see a full replay of the perp walk?
Seeing that Bolton had SS protection outside his Bethesda MD home 24-7 during the entire Biden Administration you know which team Bolton plays for.
Presactly.
Compare to the Jan. 6th tourists.
“Where can I go to see a full replay of the perp walk?”
Auditioning for a comic club, aye?
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