Trump foe John Bolton pleads guilty in classified docs case
Key takeaways
- He had earlier served as Trump's national security adviser during the president's first term in office, but later resigned over his differences with Trump.
- Chuang, a US district judge of the US District Court for the District of Maryland, is presiding over the case.
- "I'm sorry for it," Bolton told Judge Chuang in Greenbelt, Maryland when pleading guilty to the charge.
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Bolton faces as many as five years in prison. He had earlier served as Trump's national security adviser during the president's first term in office, but later resigned over his differences with Trump.
https://p.dw.com/p/5G8ok Bolton holds hawkish views and is aligned with the neoconservative movement Image: Tom Brenner/REUTERSAdvertisement John Bolton, who served as national security adviser during US President Donald Trump's first term in office, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to one charge of illegally keeping classified information.
Theodore D. Chuang, a US district judge of the US District Court for the District of Maryland, is presiding over the case.