The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition, defines “hubris” as “overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.”

When you look it up in the 6th Edition, you’ll see a picture of John Bolton.

In literature, hubris precedes an epic downfall. On Thursday, Bolton was indicted by a federal grand jury in Maryland on eight counts of transmission of national defense information and 10 counts of unlawful retention of national defense information.

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of ten years in prison per count.

Bolton was President Trump’s national security adviser from April 2018 to September 2019. “As National Security Advisor, Bolton had access to some of the U.S. government’s most sensitive and closely guarded national security secrets,” the indictment stat

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