Trump Admin Arrests FBI Agent Who Went After Rudy Giuliani

A veteran FBI agent who blew the whistle on what he saw as political meddling in the bureau’s work was arrested this week by federal authorities while attempting to board an international flight at New York City’s JFK Airport.

Jonathan Buma, who had worked for the bureau for 15 years, stands accused of illegally disclosing classified records in his upcoming tell-all book about his career.

He drew scrutiny during Trump’s first term for reportedly saying during a presentation that he believed Rudy Giuliani may have been compromised by a Russian counter-influence operation—concerns that were immediately shut down by his superiors.

On Monday, the longtime counterintelligence officer was about to board an outbound international flight when he was taken into custody. Buma was released on $10,000 bail on Tuesday during a Brooklyn federal court hearing, and his case will be handled in a California federal court.

Federal prosecutors allege that Buma printed around 130 confidential files marked with clear security warnings from his FBI office in October 2023. This information was taken hours before Buma went on leave from the bureau.

According to the Associated Press, the court affidavit stated that these files included screenshots of messages with an informant, the identity of an informant, and information provided by informants.

He also allegedly shared drafts of his manuscript through email and on social media, which contained information regarding “the FBI’s efforts and investigations into a foreign country’s weapons of mass destruction (‘WMD’) program.”

“on what he saw as political meddling in the bureau’s work w”

This assclown and the rest of the FBI do not recognize the FBI is a minor bureau within the DOJ, and fall under the direct command of the President? They literally believed nobody can direct their activities?

In March [2017], [Reza] Zarrab hired former New York Mayor and Trump confidant Rudy Giuliani onto his legal team, along with former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey.
The two traveled to Turkey to confer with President Erdogan about the case and spoke with senior U.S. officials as well, arguing that Zarrab was a non-violent offender who deserved clemency.
They attempted to keep their involvement in the case confidential until Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Lockard outed them in public court filings, accusing the two of seeking to “muddy the waters” by downplaying the gravity of the charges against their client.
“The entities that benefited from this alleged scheme include the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and agents or affiliates of that entity, Iranian banks that have been sanctioned for their role in providing financing for Iran’s nuclear programs, and Iranian commercial airlines,” Lockard said.
Giuliani’s lawfirm, Greenberg Traurig, is a registered lobbyist for the government of Turkey, giving rise to complaints from other members of Zarrab’s legal team that he might represent Turkey’s interests before their client’s. Mukasey’s lawfirm, Debevoise & Plimpton, is representing Iranian government-related defendants in a separate civil forfeiture case being prosecuted by Lockard, while Mukasey’s son has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Preet Bharara, who was fired by Attorney General Jeff Sessions last month [April 2017].
-———The Turkey Trap-Erdogan thinks he can blackmail Trump, Frontpagemagazine, May 8, 2017, by Kenneth R. Timmerman

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