Former Trump adviser John Bolton to plead guilty to retaining national security information

Bolton described the national security information in an electronic diary entry he shared with two members of his family, sources familiar with the matter said.

John Bolton, who was national security adviser during President Donald Trump’s first term and later became one of his fiercest critics, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of retaining national security information, two sources familiar with the matter said.

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As part of the agreement with federal prosecutors, Bolton will be arraigned again June 26, at which point the judge will have up to 90 days to render a sentence, the sources said.

Bolton faces a potential sentence of probation to 60 months in prison, the sources said. He has also agreed to pay $2.25 million in restitution, one of the sources said.