John Rogers spent years secretly funneling sensitive Federal Reserve information to Chinese spies and was sentenced today in to 38 months in federal prison

X.com ^ | July 15, 2026 | US Attorney Pirro @USAttyPirro

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John Rogers spent years secretly funneling sensitive Federal Reserve information to Chinese spies, then looked investigators in the eye and lied about it. And when that wasn’t enough, he lied again under oath at trial. Federal Reserve employees entrusted with America’s most sensitive economic information cannot sell out their country and their colleagues for personal gain and then expect to hide behind a single word.

 

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John Harold Rogers, 64, a former senior adviser for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (FRB), was sentenced today in to 38 months in federal prison in connection with making false statements to federal investigators about sharing restricted Federal Reserve information with Chinese intelligence operatives, announced @USAttyPirro

July 15, 2026

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: china; federalreserve; frb; johnharoldrogers; johnrogers; prc; qanon; rogers; spies; spooks

[aynrandfreak]

38 months seems light for espionage

[Jane Long]

38 months seems light for espionage

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Agree. It should’ve been 38 YEARS, at a minimum.

[Red Badger]

Should be 38 YEARS..................

[ConservativeMind]

I think he should get the electric chair.

[PGalt]

Yes, but conserve electricity. A firing squad could use practice. We need more that.

[Hootowl]

Agreed. Have him serve his sentence, then revoke his citizenship and deport him to China. See how grateful the Chinese are.

[wastedyears]

The Rosenbergs were executed.

[MCSETots]

38 months?

Who says espionage doesn’t pay . . .

[Reily]

Punishment depends on the level of classification.

[Texas_Jarhead]

Yea, these light sentences for pseudo-traitors is annoying as hell.

[Gunslingr3]

38 months seems light for espionage

Jury acquitted him on the espionage charge. He was convicted for talking to investigators. That's why you don't do that, you let your lawyer do that.

John Harold Rogers (then around 63–64 years old), a former senior adviser in the Federal Reserve Board’s Division of International Finance, was indicted in January 2025 on two counts in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (case 1:25-cr-00033).

Count 1: Conspiracy to commit economic espionage (18 U.S.C. § 1831(a)(5)) — Allegedly conspiring with Chinese intelligence-linked individuals (posing as graduate students) to steal and pass Federal Reserve trade secrets (e.g., proprietary economic data, FOMC deliberations, briefing books, tariff info) for the benefit of the People’s Republic of China, from around 2018 onward. This carried a potential maximum of 15 years in prison.

Count 2: Making false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001) — Allegedly lying to the Federal Reserve Board Office of Inspector General in a February 4, 2020, interview about accessing/passing sensitive information and his associations with the co-conspirators. This carried a potential maximum of 5 years.

In early February 2026, after a jury trial before Judge Dabney L. Friedrich, Rogers was acquitted on Count 1 (not guilty of the economic espionage conspiracy) but convicted on Count 2 (guilty of making false statements).

The jury reached this verdict on or around February 3, 2026, after deliberations. Post-verdict, Rogers filed motions for acquittal or a new trial on the guilty count (which were pending as of the latest available docket info). Sentencing was scheduled for May 27, 2026.

[Ronald77]

Must be a Democrat if he was a Republican the sentence would be public beheading.

[escapefromboston]

Seems kind of light sentence

[V_TWIN]

Yeah it’s light considering there was a day when such a thing got you put in front of a firing squad.

[LouAvul]

That’s espionage and he deserves, WE deserve he receive the same penalty as the Rosenbergs.

[Vaduz]

Related to the judge?.

Or $$$$$$$$ ?.

[Vision]

Kill him.

[Dan Zachary]

acquitted on Count 1 (not guilty of the economic espionage conspiracy) but convicted on Count 2 (guilty of making false statements).

If he didn't commit economic espionage, then what did he make false statements about?

[Flaming Conservative]

DC jury acquitted him of espionage. Pirro has an uphill climb to get a DC jury to do anything. They have no honor. I’m surprised they convicted him of anything.