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.
A guy so full of himself it was unbelievable and a guy that never met a war he didn’t want to start. A TDS sufferer to boot.
“Today, Ambassador Bolton did what real leaders do,” Abbe Lowell, his lawyer, said in a statement. “He took responsibility for a mistake he made, thereby saving the government resources to pursue a case that could expose additional sensitive information.”
Lowell also took a shot at Trump’s 2023 indictment related to storing boxes of classified documents from his first term at Mar-a-Lago. He said Bolton “kept a record to preserve history, but Donald Trump kept secrets to serve himself.”
They just have to keep pushing the hoaxes to take the heat of themselves. Bolton’s files were real. Trump’s were fake covers on non classified information.
Mistake . . . yah, right.
His mistake was thinking he was special and could act as he wished with impunity. I’m quite sure he knew he was violating classified materials handling laws but never gave it a second thought.
Too true about the head on a pike, sadly.
Yes, that is what he will be doing.
No doubt, but at 77 he won’t get out until he’s in his 80’s.
As the Soup Nazi would yell: NEXT!!
There is a Club Fed adjacent to Maxwell AFB in Montgomery Al. The Inmates were grounds keepers on the base golf course. They did an excellent job, and helped my line up puts on several occasions. The hardened criminals had to stay inside the wire and play basketball, tennis or softball.
Maybe he can organize a singing group in prison and entertain his fellow guests with Bolton hit songs from the 1990s.
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.
Apparently, the DOJ has tried, but judges have dismissed the case and blocked them, citing Constitutional protections and challenges under the 10th Amendment (protecting states’ and cities’ rights from Federal overreach), meaning they can’t be forced to enforce Federal Immigration Laws. Senator Graham introduced legislation to repeal the Sanctuary City Act of 2026 on February 9th, 2026. Democrats blocked his bill on February 13, 2026. There was a hearing 2 days ago, June 24, 2026, by the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, Senator Chuck Grassley, about
Protecting American Citizenship IV was chaired by Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Eric Schmidt from Missouri.
( synopsis of my search via AI)
The small fish get disposed of because they are disposable. The big fish continue on.
>> “No one is above the Law.”
Hmm… I am not so sure.
Let’s see what happens with the many dozens involved with “Russia, Russia, Russia”, the second impeachment, the J6 outrage, the raid on Mar-o-Lago, etc.
PS: It is ridiculous that Congressmen sit on the ethics committees judging other congressmen’s behavior. It is almost as ridiculous as the UN’s Human Rights Commission.
With this in mind it is worth contemplating how it is that we have such multi-tiered justice.
Marilyn said, “No one is above the Law.”
Do you actually believe that, Marilyn?
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!!
Reassign his pension to several poor, elderly, sick, veteran retirees that are barely scraping by each month.
It’ll likely be a Martha Stewart type sentence to ‘Club Fed’ for a few months and then house arrest.
He wil be in a Camp like Navarro. Then Home Confinement if he serves at all.
He will learn to enjoy 5 day old scotch brewed with the highly enriched fermentation of a dozen or so locally sourced toilets providing his nightly cocktail hr with the highlights being introduced to those that provided the enrichment personally to the flavor he will be forced to drink during the nightly reach around assists he provides for all of them. All natural, just for him.
having worked in correctional health care, I can verify that those happy hour cocktails come with a price.
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.
BINGO
Whatever happened to FAIR AND EQUAL JUSTICE…not only was Biden a senator, he left it out in public for anyone to Access, and there’s a question about what his son might have done with the information in it.
Bolton’s probably asking the same question about now!
What he did in the Senate?
How about what he did in his home?
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?
Stabbing the man in the back that hired you as Bolton has done should warrant him staying the full 5 years. He won’t last 9 months.
I doubt he will get more than a year.
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.
EXactly. No eff’n mercy, you traitor.
Always follow the money. He turned on the President to make money with his books and as a paid media contributor.
At 77, five years is an eternity.
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LOL
Will he get the convicted felon crew cut and clean shave? You know making sure he doesn’t have lice!
Does his wife cut his hair?
It is pretty bad! 😁
I will admit I’ve given some pretty bad haircuts over the years to my kids & hub… but I tried my best- lol!
No, he cuts his own hair.
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
Any cellmate would be Arkancided by morning.
Maybe Whoopy
Yeah, ‘wake up dead’?
Biden forgot to pre-pardon Bolton.
It would be cruel and inhumane punishment for everyone else at the penitentiary.
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.
Full sentence, no mercy. Traitorous bastard is lucky that hanging was not part of his sentencing.
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.
Forfeiting his ill gotten gains (profits) isn’t punishment. Forfeiting twice his profits would be punishment.
Imagine a bank robber that stole $10 grand only having to forfeit the $10 grand.
Forfeiting the pension is a punishment of sorts. I’m sure it was a grandiose amount.
Forfeiting the ability to preen is priceless.
He worked as a federal employee for 30 years. His average high salary at the end of service was $199,700. Annual pension would’ve been at least $65,900. It’s not clear if he also agreed to forfeit his government retiree health insurance. Estimated value ~ $5,000 annually. Both the pension and health insurance include spousal benefits. So there would additional value lost there as well.
He will still be getting government benefits in prison. Free clothes, food and housing!
Douchebags are gonna douchebaggery!
Schadenfreude!!
All over the place!!
😂🤣😂🤣😆😂🤣🤡
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.
What do you call 100 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
Did President Trump pick this loser with the advice from Mark Levin or Hannity?
Mark Levin.
Was Bolton emailing Levin from his AOL account too?
I would have sworn it must have been Pence…smh
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?
Well no lib judge is going to save his behind like they do for Democrats.
He will still be invited to the cocktail parties unless he does time. So I vote for the full 5 years.
Bolton is 77 1/2 years old. 5 years might be a death sentence.
If they take his pension…will he get ‘social security’? Will they take his lifetime platinum health insurance?
Oh…and put him on Medicare!
Free healthcare in prison.
Good idea!
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.
AOL is still a thing?
George Webb published some videos about Bolton and his odd connections.
In this one George talks about a couple of guys who weren’t indicted (that we know of) but were sanctioned.
The sanctions-finder website lists them.
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Thanks
CNN deserves a lot of flack for the way they butt-kissed this guy.
They *had* to know he was guilty AF.
They had acquired a taste of rotten ass kissing from Brennan, Barky, Oatmeal brain Biden, Shrillary and Billy Bob Clinton, etc over 3 different administrations. The taste was just too appealing to give up.
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.
Hopefully those who you might think would press charges against President Trump (for doing what they did) will already be in jail
What criminal charges? Trump hasn’t committed any crimes.
Lawsuits are used because you don’t need any evidence, just a sympathetic jury.
I doubt it’s true. The tape Billy Bush posted was altered. They had the original tape on American Thinker and a woman subtitled it along side the dubbed tape. She wasn’t a Trump fan but said if you are going to hate Trump at least hate him for a legitimate reason not a lie.
Trump can just buy a private island in international waters and avoid the uncivil US civil court system.
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?
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?
Ardestani and Farahani?
Those are the two George Webb talks about. Just posted a link to the video up there.
Was the indictment ever unsealed?
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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
Bolton’s sentencing hearing is on October 28, 2026.
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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.
I want to see democratS go to jail, the more the merrier!
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.
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Could be, as it was to them as I recall that he was sending the purloined material.
Yes, thanks for the reminder.
Robert covers it on page 16 of the plea agreement while reviewing the entire document.
Wonder if the wife and daughter went with Bolton to Venezuela on any of those trips?
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The first mention of the wife and daughter looks to be on page 13.
Apparently, those two were named in the indictment.
Wasn’t the indictment sealed?
Here’s a link to an article about the Hezbollah-Venezuela connection.
https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/hezbollah-venezuela-connection
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Because, as I understand it, they were the recipients of the aol emails with top secret files and such
I thought the same because his wife and daughter were involved. They received the highly classified files on their email, which was used to write his book.
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.
They should have seized all assets and left his family penniless/homeless as well for his traitorous acts.
Next
He might serve little or no time, but, he’s been shut upped for the rest of his life. That’s a plus.
Give him the Tina Peters treatment.
About time!
But Bolton protested is innocence and promised to defend himself to the end. It’s all retribution!!!
Yeah, I plead guilty.
With the judicial system we have now don’t be shocked if this traitor walks just like all other deep state trash criminals.
One of my favorite pics is our Lion sitting with his arms crossed at the table with Japan’s late Abe and unfortunately Bolton is in it…