The original indictment carried 17 counts against him. Today, John Bolton has pleaded guilty to one felony of willfully retaining classified information. The plea agreement includes a max term of 5 years prison, $2.25 million fine and forfeiture of his federal pension.
U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes made the announcement saying: “John Robert Bolton II plead guilty in federal court to the unlawful retention of national defense information…Mr. Bolton faces a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison followed by a term of up to three years of supervised release. He will also pay a fine of $2.25 million and will forfeit his pension.”
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Apparently, the fine is the income Bolton received from the book he authored using the classified information.
According to Politico the single charge plea “is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, but under the terms of the deal, Bolton, 77, can withdraw his plea and go to trial if Chuang decides a sentence of more than five years is warranted.”
Bolton fooled me for a bit. Enjoy prison douchebag.
S’t, don’t be surprised if he is sitting in club Fed with a law library and country club to play golf 2 days a week.
For a guy like him, it’s still a crusher. No more Clearance, self-admitted crook. Plus we can all point and laugh when we see him on the street. Head on pike, my preferred punishment is right out surely.
I’d love to see him out and about so I could point and laugh derisively! But all he’d have to do to avoid being recognized would be to shave the mustache (or let it grow into a handlebar), trim his eyebrows, and get a buzz cut.
I hope at some point, someone takes a legitimate photo of the old war pig in shackles and wearing an orange jumpsuit. I might get a good print framed to hang in the toilet.
Yes, that is what he will be doing.
It is about time a bigger Fish feels the sting of Justice. No one is above the Law.
First fish you say. Well he’s a Rino all the way. Some may have wanted a dumocrat first but Bolton is a shot across the bow to all the other uni party Rinos thinking they got away with something too.
Hate is an awful thing. John Bolton, a smart man chose poorly.
Oxymoron yes! 🎯
We haven’t even been able to hold the leaders in charge of sanctuary cities accountable which is one of the first things this administration said would happen after taking office .
The nation lost bigly by the admin issuing tough statements and not following through.
Playing “nice” didn’t work and, as always, allowed the bad guys to get bolder.
Takes time. There are so many positives happening.
The small fish get disposed of because they are disposable. The big fish continue on.
I will be equally surprised and delighted if he receives a multiple-year prison sentence.
It will be amazing if he gets ANY prison time. But who knows? Maybe this judge is one who sees the value in “sending a message”.
I’ll be happy with even a few months. For Bolton, this will be crushing.
Absolutely LOVE that he lost his federal pension!!
It’ll likely be a Martha Stewart type sentence to ‘Club Fed’ for a few months and then house arrest.
1/2 the faces in that photo SD are traitors to this country. The general small g included. Spit
The can imprison him at the zoo in the Walrus cage.
Goo goo g’joob
This is two tier justice. What president Biden did as senator was worse and yet no sentence and no fine. At the very least he should have been found guilty in a court of law even if a judge decided not to send him to jail. At the very least his reputation as a good Democrat would have been publicly completely tarnished and the idea of a Biden presidential library a joke.
Any last words before sentencing, Mr. Bolton?
“I am the walrus,
Koo koo koo choo,
I am the egg-man,
Koo koo koo choo.”
Man you’ve been a naughty boy,
You let your face grow long…
Sad.
Someone who let his arrogance and belief in his own superiority get the better of him.
No Man (or Woman) is above the law.
Even the Hildebeest and the Lightbringer.
SO good to see this. I’m sure that there is much more to come. Don’t relax your focus. Vote in November!
After he’s sentenced, Trump should pardon him in order to show magnanimity. But actually to embarass and lord over the fool Bolton.
That’s a BIG negative, pardner!
Maybe if he gets more than a year, Trump might commute his sentence near the end of his first year of confinement.
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But why?
No mercy.
Make him spend 6 months first. Say the name Peter Navarro
Steve Bannon can be his parole officer after release.
Does a pardon that reinstate his pension? If so, I vote nay.
Maybe commute remaining prison time after 6-12 months in lockup, but do not wipe away the conviction.
……I’m remembering the way Bolton talked about President Trump after the bogus Maralago raid.
And the entire time Trump was innocent and Bolton was guilty.
Wow.
At 77, five years is an eternity.
😆😆
LOL
Why hasn’t Hillary been locked up yet for far worse with her unsecured bathroom email server — notably hacked by numerous foreign entities, “friend” and foe?
/rhetorical, Too Big To Jail
They would have to keep her in solitary confinement because no one absolutely no one would want to bunk with her
Why should he be punished severely?
Didn’t Clinton’s National Security Advisor, “Sandy” Berger, steal classified materials from the National Archives in 2003 by stuffing them into his suit pockets, socks, and pants, hiding some documents under a nearby construction trailer, and destroying others, without severe consequences?
Yes, and I believe the inquiry into that was even televised on C-SPAN
Bolton needs to spend at least SOME time in Club Fed somewhere. Even just a few months would be crushing to his massive entitled ego.
Forfeiting the profits from his book & his federal pension has to sting.
I don’t believe he will be going to jail although he should for his Douchebaggery alone.
Schadenfreude!!
😂🤣😂🤣😆😂🤣🤡
Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving walrus.
Suck on that, Bolton.
I’m thinking of the “A good start” punchline to the joke about lawyers.
Did President Trump pick this loser with the advice from Mark Levin or Hannity?
Low hanging fruit. But a start.
But, but…he insisted he was innocent! He was going to fight it and win!!!???
Those ol’ boys behind the DOJ lady in the blue suit look as if someone put the fear of God in them.
And some people get pardoned (I’m looking at you Fauci) for the murder of millions.
Is it a coincidence that the only DS official to be facing prison is a Republican?
He will still be invited to the cocktail parties unless he does time. So I vote for the full 5 years.
I read a comment on this site about what was claimed to be more to this story.
Can someone with a memory share the shocking backstory? It wasn’t just holding classified docs and putting info in his book.
Maybe using an AOL account to steal the documents adds a stupidity enhancement to the crime.
CNN deserves a lot of flack for the way they butt-kissed this guy.
They *had* to know he was guilty AF.
Just think 5 years and you cannot go to a Georgetown cocktail party! That might be a life sentence!
Now are the rats scurrying or they turning and plea bargaining?
FAFO.
Now the others in the above photo. Please.
Billy Bush, GWB’s nephew, has a morning podcast. He’s the same guy who interviewed Trump when he was engaging in locker room talk
He often interjects his disdain for PDJP, and repeatedly and gleeflully states that as soon as Pres Trump leaves office, he will be up to his eyeballs in lawsuits. Pray it’s not true.
I remember a reference to Bolton getting Venezuelan passports for a couple of Iranian assassins. There was alos a story about Bolton supplying a Presidential briefing to #45 that he knew was false. Is this one count the whole thing?
Rule number one Mr. Bolton, never try to outshine the master.
Bolton was a top-level “Deep-State” leader. His arrogance and T.D.S. overwhelmed
whatever judgement and integrity he may have once possessed. May he only be
the first of many co-conspirators to go down…
Since the Trump DoJ can’t Prosecute any Top Level democRat Crooks and Traitors….. Perhaps Prosecute more rinoRats like Barr, Blondi, Pence, or Gen Miley, FIB Director Wray.
Any prosecutions would be appreciated before Nov
ROTTEN
Well, I was hoping for a more “creative” and harsher sentence — make an example and all — but as a consolation prize, at least we won’t have to listen to the war-mongering drivel coming out of “The Moustache ” anytime soon …
Now how ’bout takin’ down some of the “REAL BIG BOYS” and assorted scumbags that populate D.C. and who do the same thing and much more … ???
What?? It’s too soon ?? It’s too hard ?? They’re too connected ??
I want to see a democrat go to jail.
Republicans are like picking apples off a tree.
Robert Gouveia is covering the Bolton Plea on his show today.
It’s his top story and he’s on live right now, so back it up.
Robert is a licensed attorney and is MAGA.
People are speculating that Bolton may have taken the plea deal to keep his wife and daughter from being charged.
Not sure where that concern is coming from.
0.o
Could be, as it was to them as I recall that he was sending the purloined material.
Let him be the first of many dominos to fall.
I doubt he gets any prison time, but at least we won’t be on the hook for his pension. That makes me happy.
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He might serve little or no time, but, he’s been shut upped for the rest of his life. That’s a plus.