Why did John Bolton plead gulity? What's his angle?

[Chasstev365]

[wcmagumba]

1. Likely a coming pardon from TSF...

[hookaleft]

3. Not a chance

Because he probably faced far more serious and multiple charges. Why would he make a plea?? Because he is guilty otherwise he would have fought it.

[mr715]

2. He's guilty?

He's already a war criminal.

[Chasstev365]

4. I know; Iraq architect, but I'm talking about the DOJ document case

[mr715]

6. Yeah. I'm saying he's a bad guy and probably guilty.

[31j20b3]

5. Most likely he IS guilty

pleading so,the punishment is probably the cheapest resolution

Play nice and the prosecutors may recomment a fine and maybe no sentence.

Million dollar book-deals can cover a lot of friendly fines

[DavidDvorkin]

7. He is, in fact, guilty

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/26/nx-s1-5871292/john-bolton-national-security-classified-documents

[struggle4progress]

8. I'll stand up for Bolton if I have to, but I won't enjoy it. He's very often been a shithead;

and although I did appreciate his decision to sorta stand up to trump, he remained a craven opportunist in doing so -- and was therefore a candidate for the trump tactics that turn all the other craven opportunists into cowardly trump brown-nosers.

He's almost certainly technically guilty of some classified document mishandling; it's probably something no trump loyalist would ever have been prosecuted for; and it's trivial compared to trump's mar-a-lago bathroom documents capers

[Dan]

10. I agree with you....plus, I do suspect that he had the materials for his book cleared.

And once he got on Trump's shit list, I'm sure that mysteriously there were things that was overlooked resulting in his facing charges.

As for pleading guilty, lots of innocence people plead guilty for lots of reasons. Maybe one of them is just to quit fighting the litany of charges that the Prosecutors can continue to bring against you.

[Ilsa]

9. He had the documents and could have served a decade

or so in prison, and likely die in prison. By pleading guilty, he'll pay a six or seven figure fine.

[MichMan]

11. Kind of reminds me of Sandy Berger