Turley: John Bolton Is In Serious Trouble, Could Face Decades In Prison
GWU law professor Jonathan Turley outlined the legal trouble John Bolton is in if an FBI raid on his home finds classified information he's not supposed to have.
"Simply having classified information can weigh in at about 10 years, and there are often multiple counts because each of those documents can be charged separately," Turley said Friday morning on "FOX & Friends."
FOX NEWS HOST: He's been accused of using classified information in his book he wrote in 2020. Do you know what was in the book, what classified information he wasn't supposed to share?
JONATHAN TURLEY: These are longstanding allegations that the book indicated or referenced classified material he may have acquired when he was in the administration. We are not clear what it is, but it could be national defense information.
That is important because that creates a heightened potential penalty. You can have penalties that range from 5-20 years. 20 years is the consensus for concealing information, obstructing justice. Simply having classified information can weigh in at about 10 years, and there are often multiple counts because each of those documents can be charged separately.
There is a strange history here. You had allegations coming out as early as the first Trump administration and then there was an allegationthat the Biden administration scuttled further look at this case, and now we have this new development.
We really don't know if there is something that has occurred most recently, whether they uncovered something they believe is sort of evergreen -- that this is a viable criminal case.
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