Former U.S. National Security Advisor, John R. Bolton II, Pleads Guilty to Violating the Espionage Act

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Greenbelt, Maryland – A former National Security Advisor to the President of the United States entered a guilty plea in federal court, today, in connection with charges stemming from the transmission and retention of national defense information. John Robert Bolton, II, 77, of Bethesda, Maryland, pled guilty to retention of national defense information, as alleged in Count 12 of the indictment.