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June 4 (Reuters) – John Bolton, a \u200bprominent critic of U.S. President Donald Trump who once served \u200cas his national security adviser, will pay a fine of $2.25 million to settle charges of mishandling classified documents, three sources said on Thursday.<\/div>\n
Bolton \u200bwill plead guilty to one count of retaining \u200bclassified information based on his diary entries at a \u2060court hearing on June 26, said the sources, who spoke \u200bon condition of anonymity. He could face up to five \u200byears in prison. The news was first reported by CNN.<\/div>\n
Bolton is accused of sharing sensitive information with two of his relatives for possible \u200buse in a book he was writing, including notes on \u200bintelligence briefings and meetings with senior government officials and foreign leaders. He \u200cpleaded \u2060not guilty to 18 criminal charges last year.<\/div>\n
The Justice Department and a Bolton spokesperson declined to comment.<\/div>\n
Bolton served as White House national security adviser during Trump’s first term before emerging \u200bas one of \u200bthe president’s \u2060most vocal critics. He described Trump as unfit to serve as president in a memoir.<\/div>\n
One \u200bsource familiar with the settlement, speaking on condition \u200bof \u2060anonymity, said the plea deal alleges no wrongdoing with regard to Bolton’s book, but that Bolton was acknowledging that he made \u2060a \u200bmistake.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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