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Bolton pleads guilty, agrees to a $2.25 million fine, and loses federal retirement eligibility

Date
2026-06-26
Entry type
classified-information-conviction
Current status
Convicted by guilty plea; sentencing scheduled October 28, 2026

The plea admitted willful retention and unauthorized transmission of top-secret material and resolved all 18 indictment counts.

Entities and roles

Relationships in this file

  1. Donald J. Trumpformer national security adviserJohn Bolton

Money trail

  1. commitmentJohn Bolton plea-agreement fine$2.25 million
    Committed by / source
    John Bolton
    Committed toward / intended recipient
    U.S. Treasury
    Financially affected
    John Bolton and survivors separately barred from federal retirement benefits
    committed · 2026-06-26 · observedPopulation Fine agreed in resolution of the 18-count classified-information indictmentPeriod 2026-06-26 to 2026-06-26Basis Use the fine amount in the filed plea agreement as reported by DOJ; do not monetize the separate retirement-pay bar.Limits The plea agreement commits Bolton to the amount, but sentencing had not occurred and no payment was documented as of review.Open cited evidence

Claims and evidence

  1. factconvicted

    Bolton pleaded guilty to willfully retaining national defense information and admitted sending classified diary material to unauthorized family members through non-government systems. The agreement resolved all 18 counts, capped imprisonment exposure at 60 months, committed Bolton to a $2.25 million fine, and triggered a statutory bar on federal annuity or retirement pay. The court set sentencing for October 28, 2026.