BURSTGREENBELT, Md. — John Bolton, the former national security adviser-turned-foe of President Trump, arrived to surrender himself to authorities Friday morning after he was charged with unlawfully sharing and storing classified information.
Bolton arrived at the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Md., at about 8:30 a.m. He was seen entering the U.S. Marshal's office with his attorneys. He is expected to make his first court appearance later in the day.
One day earlier, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Bolton with 18 felonies, making him the third longtime Trump foe that the Justice Department has recently brought charges against.
Prosecutors say he sent more than a thousand pages of “diary-like entries” to two relatives about his day-to-day as Trump’s national security adviser and kept records at his home in a Maryland suburb after leaving the position.
In a statement following the charges, Bolton suggested he’s the “latest target” of Trump’s retribution campaign against his perceived political enemies, vowing he’s dedicated his life to America’s foreign policy and national security and would “never compromise those goals.”
His lawyer, prominent Washington attorney Abbe Lowell, said that keeping diaries “is not a crime.”
Lowell also represents New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), another Trump adversary who was charged last week with bank fraud in connection with her purchase of a Virginia home.
Former FBI Director James Comey also faces charges he lied in 2020 congressional testimony.
They both have denied wrongdoing.