John Bolton pleads guilty in classified documents prosecution 

John Bolton, a prominent critic of President Trump who once served as his national security adviser, pleaded guilty Friday to improperly retaining sensitive materials in “diary-like” entries after leaving the White House. 

Bolton, 77, admitted to one count of retaining national defense information during a federal court hearing in Greenbelt, Md. 

It marks a significant victory for Trump’s Justice Department (DOJ), which has indicted several of the president’s political foes on criminal accusations. Some of those cases have fallen apart or remain pending, but Bolton’s prosecution is the first to result in a conviction. 

He has not yet been sentenced.

The deal’s terms include a $2.25 million fine and a maximum prison sentence of five years. But........

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