It sounds like the DOJ has caught a deep state leaker, and he was a former Senate aide…
The probe came to light after the Senate quietly passed a resolution this week that would allow the committee to provide records to the Justice Department, which requested documents as part of the investigation.
“The Select Committee on Intelligence has received a request from the Department of Justice for records pertinent to a pending investigation arising out of allegations of the unauthorized disclosure of information by a former employee of the Committee,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a statement in the Congressional Record.
“This resolution would authorize the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, acting jointly, to provide records in response to this request from the Department of Justice,” McConnell added.
Neither the resolution, or the scant public comments from senators on the DOJ probe, disclose who the former committee aide is, or what information they allegedly disclosed.
I bet it’s gonna take about 3 nanoseconds for someone to leak this stuff out there.
“As noted in the Senate Resolution, the Department of Justice has sought the assistance of the Committee in a pending investigation. The Committee is cooperating with the Department on this matter,” Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) said in a joint statement on Wednesday night.
This should be really interesting – especially since we heard earlier tonight that they’re firing a bunch of people from the communications department at the White House…. is el Trumpo finally emptying out the swamp?!?!