Gabbard Asks DOJ to Prosecute 2 Alleged Leakers

The director of national intelligence said that the leaking of classified information must stop.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in Washington on April 10, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Two alleged intelligence community leakers have been referred to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for prosecution, according to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

Gabbard said in an April 23 post on social media platform X that a third referral is on its way.

“Politicization of our intelligence and leaking classified information puts our nation’s security at risk and must end,” she wrote. “Those who leak classified information will be found and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”

“These deep-state criminals leaked classified information for partisan political purposes to undermine POTUS’ agenda,” she added. “I look forward to working with [the Justice Department and FBI] to investigate, terminate and prosecute these criminals.”

Gabbard’s office did not respond to a request for more information.

A DOJ spokesperson declined to comment in an email to The Epoch Times.

Gabbard said that the unidentified officials leaked information to The Washington Post, which had reported recently on a classified assessment of the Tren de Aragua gang that allegedly found that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is not directing the invasion of the United States.

President Donald Trump in March invoked the Alien Enemies Act, finding that Tren de Aragua, at the direction of the Venezuelan government, was invading the United States.

“The weaponization of intelligence to undermine the President’s agenda is an assault on democracy,” Gabbard said on April 21. “Those behind this illegal leak of classified intelligence, twisted and manipulated to convey the exact opposite finding, will be held accountable under the full force of the law.”

She said that her office “fully supports the assessment that the foreign terrorist organization, Tren De Aragua, is acting with the support of the Maduro Regime, and thus subject to arrest, detention and removal as alien enemies of the United States.”

Gabbard also said that “rooting out this politicization of intelligence is exactly what President Trump campaigned on and what Americans overwhelmingly voted for.”

Federal law states that a person who communicates, furnishes, transmits, or otherwise makes available classified information to an unauthorized person can be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

The DOJ announced in March that it was probing the disclosure of other intelligence concerning Tren de Aragua.

“The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation relating to the selective leak of inaccurate, but nevertheless classified, information from the Intelligence Community relating to Tren de Aragua,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said at the time.

“We will not tolerate politically motivated efforts by the Deep State to undercut President Trump’s agenda by leaking false information onto the pages of their allies at The New York Times.”