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Overview
- Bolton surrendered in Greenbelt, Maryland, and made his initial court appearance on Friday.
- The indictment charges eight counts of transmission and ten counts of retention of national-defense information.
- Prosecutors say he emailed sensitive material to two unauthorized recipients and kept classified notes considered for a manuscript.
- FBI searches in August recovered documents marked confidential and secret from his residence and office.
- Bolton and his attorney deny illegal handling of records and allege political retaliation as the Trump Justice Department also targets Letitia James and James Comey.