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Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to a single felony count of retaining classified national defense information, resolving an 18-count indictment stemming from diary-like notes he shared with family members while preparing his 2020 memoir. The plea deal, which includes a $2.25 million fine and a possible sentence of up to five years but allows Bolton to avoid prison, arrives against a politically charged backdrop in which Bolton is one of three prominent Trump critics indicted during the president's second term.