John Bolton Begs for Probation for Classified Docs

Remember when mishandling categorized paperwork was a big deal?

Donald Trump was accused of doing it following his first presidential time period, so Biden’s Department of Justice despatched a closely armed FBI squad to raid his residence, Mar-a-Lago, and sift through Melania’s lingerie drawer. 

But when then-President Joe Biden was accused of doing nearly precisely the same factor as Trump, Special Counsel Robert Hur refused to press prices because he was involved a jury wouldn’t convict what he called a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

Now former National Security Advisor during Trump’s first time period, John Bolton — who has since turned into a TDS-riddled never-Trumper — is arguing that even though he pleaded guilty in June to “willfully retaining national defense information” and sharing it with his spouse and daughter as he ready to write his memoir, he ought to only get probation because he “has lived an exemplary life—one dedicated to public service, family, honor, and love of country.”

I’m guessing that if he had been a prosecutor, he’d eat mosquito larvae somewhat than let Trump off for related causes. 

The Department of Justice and Bolton filed dueling legal briefs in current days, with Bolton requesting leniency and the DOJ demanding that the previous advisor serve 5 years in the slammer because he “systematically exposed this nation’s most sensitive of secrets to cyber theft.”

Independent journalist Catherine Herridge studies on the DOJ’s allegations:

ANALYSIS: @TheJusticeDept BOLTON SENTENCING MEMO RECOMMENDS PRISON

– ‘A sentence of 60 months imprisonment, with a three-year time period of supervised release, and the agreed-upon (2.25M) nice is ample, but not better than needed, to fulfill the objectives of sentencing’

-… pic.twitter.com/zdwIAPHqQy

— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) November 2, 2026

Her summation of the DOJ’s arguments is long, but listed here are some salient factors:

‘Defendant Bolton has gambled with the national security of the United States. He has uncovered his nation to hurt..’

‘Over the course of 17 months, Mr. Bolton systematically uncovered this nation’s most delicate of secrets and techniques to cyber theft…’

‘Given his many years of expertise with categorized info, Mr. Bolton’s actions…reveal aggravated, willful conduct.’

‘And not like many instances involving violations of 18 U.S.C. § 793, this Court does need not to speculate whether or not hurt to national security finally materialized..’

KEY ARGUMENT: “Mr. Bolton’s ongoing exposure of real-time classified national defense information, by transmission over unsecure, non-governmental communications jeopardized the most sensitive information held by the United States.”

Bolton’s group has different concepts. Here’s the opening paragraph of his response. He might have made errors, but he’s really a saint, you see:

For 5 many years John Bolton has lived an exemplary life—one devoted to public service, household, honor, and love of nation. He and his household have sacrificed their time together and even their security to assist Ambassador Bolton’s want to serve his nation and make it and the world a safer place. …

Against this backdrop and all Ambassador Bolton has completed, he stands before the Court deeply remorseful and having taken full accountability for his lapse in judgment in mishandling categorized info saved in his personal diary, shared only with his spouse and daughter.

🚨JUST FILED🚨

John Bolton’s legal group is asking a decide to sentence him to probation in his categorized paperwork case.

“After a lifetime of illustrious
service and good works, Ambassador Bolton should never have to fear he will die in prison.”

Bolton is dealing with up to 5… pic.twitter.com/3bwL1hlwva

— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) October 31, 2026

Bolton is dealing with up to 5 years in prison and is anticipated to be sentenced on December 4, 2026.

Bolton has agreed to pay a $2.25 million nice.

So many rabid Trump haters like former FBI Director James Comey, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), and California Gov. Gavin Newsom act holier-than-thou and above it all while relentlessly attacking the president. When you get a look into their own closets, however, they prove to be fairly messy.

If Trump had pled guilty to sharing national security secrets and techniques with his spouse and daughter, you might be fairly sure that Bolton wouldn’t be exhibiting up with his new pals on GWN to argue that he ought to only get probation.

It’s humorous how their morals change, relying on which facet they’re supporting at the second.

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