(AURN News) — I’m Ebony McMorris.
John Bolton, the former Trump national security adviser, has agreed to plead guilty to a single felony count of retaining classified national security information.
It’s a major reversal.
He initially faced 18 counts after being indicted last October.
Under the deal, he’ll pay $2.25 million and face anywhere from probation to five years in prison.
The classified material at the center of the case includes diary entries containing top-secret information he shared with his wife and daughter while writing his memoir.
A re-arraignment is set for June 26 in Greenbelt, Maryland.
The judge then has 90 days to sentence him.
As for President Trump, no statement yet, but his past comments tell a story.
He’s called Bolton a washed-up guy, a crazy warmonger who would have started World War III.
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