Newly released court documents prove former Senate aide James Wolfe lied to the FBI about contacts with several journalists, including one who broke the story that the government had begun surveilling former Trump campaign advisor Carter Page.
Wolfe pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents about his media contacts. He adamantly denies leaking classified information.
Chuck Ross, at The Daily Caller, explains.
Newly released court documents show that a former Senate aide who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the media was in touch with one of the reporters who broke a story in April 2017 about highly classified surveillance warrants against Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
The documents, filed in federal court Monday, show that James Wolfe, the former director of security for the Senate Intelligence Committee, lied to the FBI when he denied having contact with at least three reporters, including one who authored an April 11, 2017, report revealing that the government had a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant against Page.
The Justice Department documents do not identify the article or the news outlet, but it appears to be a reference to a Washington Post report written by Ellen Nakashima, Devlin Barrett and Adam Entous.
The FBI interviewed Wolfe in December 2017 as part of an investigation into the leak of highly classified government information that the FBI opened in April 2017. He was indicted in June on three counts of lying to the FBI about his contacts with reporters. He initially pleaded not guilty in the case.
Wolfe handled classified documents for the committee, which received documents related to Page on March 17, 2017.
FBI agents remain suspicious, but cannot prove, Wolfe leaked information about Page. Tellingly, DOJ documents reveal that Wolfe stayed in contact with reporters for The Washington Post.
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