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Robert Tait In Washington

Former Trump adviser John Bolton pleads guilty to mishandling classified information

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John Bolton arrives at US district court in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday Photograph: Tom Brenner/Reuters

John Bolton, the former US national security adviser who became an arch-enemy of Donald Trump after serving under him and then being fired, pleaded guilty on Friday to a charge of mishandling classified information that could result in him going to prison.

Bolton admitted the charge, as widely anticipated, in an appearance at a federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, in a plea deal designed to produce a lesser sentence by reducing the seriousness of the accusations against him.

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