Key Facts

• John Bolton served as President Donald Trump's national security adviser.
• A federal grand jury in Maryland indicted Bolton for handling classified documents.
• He faces charges for transmitting and retaining national defense information.
• The charges include eight counts of transmission and ten counts of retention of classified information.
• Each count could lead to a sentence of up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
• The FBI searched Bolton's home and office two months prior to the indictment.
• Items seized included Bolton's cellphones and documents labeled with security classifications.
• Bolton allegedly shared over 1,000 pages of sensitive government information with relatives.
• Prosecutors claim a cyber actor linked to Iran accessed Bolton's personal email, which contained classified data.