We do not have figures for how many times John Bolton has graced the front pages of Norwegian newspapers. They have allowed him to spew venom and bile about Trump. But the media have not written about the fact that John Bolton’s house was raided, and that he was caught storing an enormous number of classified documents at home. He has now admitted that he unlawfully took state secrets home with him. Bolton has entered into a so-called plea deal: He admits to something in order to avoid being charged for everything.

But this something is enough to cost him five years in prison. He will be stripped of the right to bear arms, the right to vote, and he will be disgraced.

Bolton was originally charged with “eight counts of transmitting national defence information and ten counts of retaining national defence information”. A conviction on just one of these counts would have resulted in a lengthy prison sentence.

As regards this single count, although the penalty may be up to five years’ imprisonment, the agreement apparently entails that Bolton agrees to plead guilty and pay a fine of 2.25 million dollars without a custodial sentence. A judge may, however, still sentence the 77-year-old man to prison irrespective of the plea agreement.

What he is admitting guilt to is a felony, which means that he will lose his rights to vote and to own firearms.

The Department of Justice alleged that Bolton sent more than 1,000 pages of classified information to his wife and daughter via email. He then allegedly printed this information and stored it in his home. His motive was purely financial: he wanted it for his Trump-critical memoirs.

During Trump’s first presidential term, Bolton served as National Security Adviser for one year. Quite soon it became fairly obvious to everyone, including the President, that Bolton had accepted the job only in order to undermine Trump and strengthen his position with the major media and the political establishment. One of the rare occasions on which Trump has admitted a mistake was when he said that he should have fired Bolton earlier.

Trump has since withdrawn Bolton’s Secret Service protection and referred to him as a “lowlife”, “sleazebag”, and “one of the dumbest people in Washington”.

As for Bolton, he concludes, like many who suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, his decades-long career in disgrace, not only with an apparent admission of a crime, but consider what Mr National Security is allegedly going to plead guilty to: an act that jeopardised national security.

That Bolton admits that he stole government secrets ought to place the media in the corner of shame for having used him without restraint. That Bolton was damaged goods became known a long time ago.

His case comes before the court on 26 July.

John Bolton is PLEADING GUILTY To Stealing Classified Documents.

The man who called his case “Trump’s retribution” and vowed to fight is folding.

$2.25 MILLION fine and possibly up to 5 years in jail.

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— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 4, 2026

NTB carried a story on Thursday evening referring to CNN, but gives the impression that Bolton is the subject of revenge, judicial revenge, on Trump’s part. NTB would never have admitted that Trump was subjected to judicial persecution, yet it links this to a case in which Bolton was factually caught having sent thousands of documents to his wife and daughter, in order then to be able to download them from their accounts.

John Bolton has reached a settlement and plans to plead guilty to retaining classified documents, CNN reports.