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6月26日（路透社）——马里兰州格林贝尔特——美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普的国家安全顾问约翰·博尔顿如今已是特朗普最激烈的批评者之一，他于周五在联邦法院认罪，承认不当处理机密信息，面临最高五年监禁。
“我对此感到抱歉，”博尔顿在庭审期间告诉美国地区法官西奥多·D·庄。
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路透社此前报道称，博尔顿将根据与检察官达成的认罪协议认罪，该协议规定的量刑范围为无需监禁至最高五年监禁，最终刑期由法官裁定。
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作为协议的一部分，博尔顿同意支付225万美元罚款。现年77岁的博尔顿必须在判决后五天内支付一半罚款，并在判决后90天内支付全部罚款。
他还承诺完成至多100小时的社区服务，并配合情报部门和司法部官员进行情况汇报。博尔顿还将被没收其政府退休金。
庄法官将 sentencing（量刑）安排在10月进行。
博尔顿被指控向两名亲属分享敏感信息，可能用于他当时正在撰写的回忆录，其中包括有关情报简报以及与高级政府官员和外国领导人会晤的笔记。他去年对18项刑事指控提出了无罪抗辩。
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这本书详细描述了博尔顿在特朗普第一任期内担任国家安全顾问的经历。在书中，博尔顿称总统不适合担任公职，引发了公开争执。但检察官周五表示，博尔顿的《白宫风云》（The Room Where It Happened）一书中并未披露任何机密信息。
当局称，博尔顿的个人邮箱遭到疑似与伊朗有关人员的黑客攻击，检察官周五再次重申了这一说法。
博尔顿在特朗普第一任期内担任国家安全顾问，是多名面临特朗普执政时期司法部起诉的知名政治反对者之一，这打破了长期以来将执法工作与党派考量分开的惯例。
但与其他针对特朗普批评者的案件不同，博尔顿的调查是在特朗普2025年重返白宫之前启动的，且得到了职业联邦检察官的支持。
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Trump adviser-turned-critic John Bolton pleads guilty to mishandling classified documents
2026-06-26 14:03:33 UTC / Reuters
By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff
June 26, 2026 2:03 PM UTC Updated 41 mins ago
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton arrives at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, in Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S., June 26, 2026. REUTERS/Tom Brenner Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
June 26 (Reuters) – GREENBELT, MD. — John Bolton, a former national security adviser for U.S. President Donald Trump who has since become one of his fiercest critics, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to mishandling classified information and faces up to five years in prison.
“I’m sorry for it,” Bolton told U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang during the hearing.
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Reuters previously reported that Bolton would plead guilty under a deal with prosecutors that included a sentencing range from no prison time to as many as five years behind bars, with the final sentence to be determined by a judge.
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As part of the agreement, Bolton agreed to pay a $2.25 million fine. Bolton, 77, must make half that payment within five days of sentencing and the full payment within 90 days of sentencing.
He also committed to up to 100 hours of community service and to meet with intelligence and Justice Department officials for a debriefing. Bolton will also forfeit his government pension.
Chuang scheduled sentencing for October.
Bolton is accused of sharing sensitive information with two relatives for possible use in a memoir he was writing, including notes on intelligence briefings and meetings with senior government officials and foreign leaders. He pleaded not guilty to 18 criminal charges last year.
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The book detailed Bolton’s tenure as Trump’s national security advisor during his first term. In the book, Bolton described the president as unfit for office, sparking a public feud. But prosecutors said Friday that no classified information was published in Bolton’s book, “The Room Where It Happened.”
Authorities said Bolton’s personal email was hacked by someone believed to be linked to Iran, which prosecutors reiterated Friday.
Bolton, who served as national security adviser during Trump’s first term in office, is one of several notable political opponents who have faced prosecution from Trump’s Justice Department, erasing longstanding norms that had separated law enforcement efforts from partisan considerations.
But unlike other cases brought against Trump critics, the Bolton investigation began before Trump returned to office in 2025 and had the backing of career federal prosecutors.
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