Ryan Lucas
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first heard Dec 2024
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The investigation, it's important to say, began under the Biden administration.
It continued under Trump.
The indictment is 26 pages long.
It has detailed allegations in it.
And it's important to say that the process that led to Bolton's indictment was normal.
And that is very different from, say, the first prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey or New York State Attorney General Letitia James.
Remember, they were indicted last year after Trump publicly called on the Justice Department to go after them.
Career prosecutors thought those cases were weak.
They were overruled.
And ultimately, those cases were tossed after court found that the prosecutor who secured them
was unlawfully put in place.
So the list of the president's perceived enemies who have been targeted by the Justice Department is long.
And one of the side effects of the Justice Department that is seen as targeting political enemies is that even when an investigation is legitimate, it can be perceived by the public as being driven by politics and revenge.
John Bolton is facing 18 criminal counts, including transmission and retention of national defense information.
Prosecutors say Bolton kept detailed notes that included classified information during his time as national security advisor in President Trump's first term and sent the material to two family members ahead of a planned memoir.
Under the tentative plea deal, Bolton would plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information and
and face a fine of $2.25 million, according to a person familiar with the matter speaking on condition of anonymity.
Bolton could face zero to five years in prison under the arrangement.
A federal judge would still have to approve any plea deal.
The Justice Department declined to comment beyond referring to a court notice scheduling a rearrangement for Bolton later this month.
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