Tulsi Gabbard has referred two intelligence officials to the Department of Justice for allegedly leaking classified information – with a third referral on its way.
The unidentified officials allegedly leaked the classified intelligence to the Washington Post and the New York Times, an Office of the Director of National Intelligence official told Fox News Digital.
‘Politicization of our intelligence and leaking classified information puts our nation’s security at risk and must end,’ Gabbard, who serves as the director of national intelligence, said as news of the pending charges broke.
‘Those who leak classified information will be found and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,’ she vowed.
Gabbard then went on to claim that the ‘deep state criminals leaked classified information for partisan political purposes to undermine President Trump’s agenda.
‘I look forward to working with the Department of Justice and the FBI to investigate, terminate and prosecute these criminals.’
The move to refer the three officials for criminal prosecution comes as Trump officials ramp up their investigations into possible leak, with Gabbard establishing a new task force last month to root out unauthorized disclosures of classified intelligence.
She said at the time that a ‘leaker within the IC sharing information on Israel / Iran with the Washington Post’ was among the ‘unauthorized leaks’ she was looking at, according to Axios.
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