Former Trump advisor John Bolton agrees to plead guilty to retaining classified information, MS NOW reports

Bolton, who is a strong critic of Trump, faces a sentence of up to 60 months in jail and a fine of $2.25 million as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors on the single count, according to MS NOW.

The only people who were exposed to the secret information were his wife and daughter, according to a source cited by the outlet.

Bolton was indicted in October by a federal grand jury in Maryland on eight counts of transmission of national defense information and 10 counts of retention of national defense information. FBI agents had raided Bolton’s home in Besthesda, Md., and his office in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 22 as part of the probe.

He is expected to enter his guilty plea in the case on that day.

When he was indicted, Bolton said he was innocent and that he was being targeted because of his public opposition to Trump.

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