Trump rips Bolton after guilty plea, wants him 'dealt with harshly'
President Trump slammed his former national security adviser after he pleaded guilty on Friday to improperly retaining sensitive materials from his time in the White House.
“John Bolton, a very dumb, unbalanced, and unskilled former representative of the United States of America, just pleads guilty!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on late Friday evening.
“He is a terrible person, a lunatic who only wanted to start trouble and wars, and who was a needless pusher of death and destruction wherever he went,” the president continued. “Hopefully, he will be dealt with harshly!”
Bolton has become an outspoken critic of the president since his time serving in the first Trump administration. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2025 on 18 charges related to mishandling classified documents.
These accusations against the national security adviser stem from over 1,000 pages of notes he shared through his personal email and a messaging app with family members who did not have security clearances. These notes were used for his 2020 memoir about his time in the Trump administration, entitled “The Room Where It Happened.”
The former United Nations ambassador admitted to one count of retaining national defense information during a federal court hearing on Friday in Greenbelt, Md.
When asked by the judge if he was guilty, Bolton replied, “I am, your honor.”
“I’m sorry for it,” he added.
Tagged: Politics BACK TO HOMEPAGE