It’s being reported tonight that former Counterintelligence Center Chief Joe Kent is under FBI investigation for leaking classified information – and the investigation didn’t just start yesterday.
Here’s the news via the White House reporter for Semafor:
News: Joe Kent is under FBI investigation for allegedly leaking classified information, three sources tell me. I’m told the investigation pre-dates his departure.
A fourth source confirms this to me. WH and FBI declining to comment.
News: Joe Kent is under FBI investigation for allegedly leaking classified information, three sources tell me. I’m told the investigation pre-dates his departure.
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) March 18, 2026
A fourth source confirms this to me. WH and FBI declining to comment.
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) March 18, 2026
I reported yesterday that President Trump knew Kent was leaking and excluded him from intelligence briefings and the Iran discussions.
So he didn’t just quit because of his ‘principled’ beliefs about the Iran war. He quit because he knew they were after him and, because they had isolated him, he had nothing else of value to leak.