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Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton surrendered to federal authorities on Friday to face 18 criminal charges related to the alleged mishandling of classified information, making him the latest of Donald Trump’s political adversaries to face prosecution.

Bolton, 76, appeared at a federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, where he was expected to be fingerprinted and photographed before an initial hearing. Prosecutors accuse him of illegally sharing and retaining top-secret materials, including messages transmitted via personal email and encrypted apps.

According to the indictment, Bolton allegedly shared “diary-like entries” containing sensitive intelligence with two unnamed individuals and kept classified files …