REPORT: Jonathan Turley Estimates How Many Years John Bolton Could Spend Behind Bars If Convicted

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From the Daily Caller: George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley estimated on Friday that former national security adviser John Bolton could spend five to twenty years in prison if convicted of possessing classified information.

The FBI raided Bolton’s home in Bethesda, Maryland, at 7 a.m. on Friday morning in search of classified materials that were mentioned in his 2020 book, “The Room Where It Happened,” that are believed to still be in his possession. Turley said on “America’s Newsroom” that if Bolton possessed national defense material, he could face a “heightened potential of penalty.”

“It would suggested it could be national defense information,” Turley said. “The reason why that’s important is that creates a heightened potential of penalty. So, you can have penalties that range from 5 to 20 years, 20 years seems to be the consensus for concealing information, obstructing justice. Simply having classified information can weigh in at about 10 years and there’s often multiple counts because each of those documents can be charged separately.”

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The report explains that the first Trump administration launched a criminal investigation over concerns Bolton used classified material in his 2020 book, and tried to block it from being published. However, a judge ruled in favor of Bolton and allowed the book to be released.

The Biden administration then dropped the investigation in June 2021, but the second Trump administration has revived the case.

Below is the full video, as Turley spoke out in a Fox News broadcast Friday morning:

Bolton was seen returning to his home Friday afternoon, after the FBI raid.

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