Trump-hating veteran FBI agent arrested for leaking confidential/classified information

A veteran G-man who’d claimed his former agency had bias in favor of President Donald Trump’s first administration was arrested for the alleged offense he’d criticized.

Under the leadership of Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino, the American public is already beginning to see a difference in how the FBI operates. This included the arrest Monday of 15-year veteran Johnathan Buma over his purported handling of classified information.

Court documents filed Tuesday revealed that the former FBI agent had been arrested prior to boarding a flight at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport Monday having allegedly shared classified information as part of his efforts to publish a book about his career with the bureau.

“The book draft contained information that BUMA obtained through his position as an FBI Special Agent that relates to the FBI’s efforts and investigations into a foreign country’s weapons of mass destruction (‘WMD’) program,” the filing detailed as Buma was said to have printed roughly 130 files containing FBI messages and documents.

BREAKING: Johnathan Buma, the outspoken anti-Trump former FBI counterintelligence officer, has been arrested for leaking confidential/classified information. pic.twitter.com/WAQZYJJXlI

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 21, 2025

“Buma also printed nine text-file documents which contained text that had been copied and pasted from reports that were marked in such a way that made clear that the information must be protected,” read the court documents that also stated, “On November 2, 2023, BUMA wrote an email to various personal associates assisting him in negotiating a book deal with a publishing company.”

At the same time Buma was reaching out to publishing companies, it had been reported that he was the handler for FBI informant Charles Johnson, both of whom billionaire Peter Thiel was in contact with regarding advances that had been made to arrange a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Billionaire Peter Thiel turned hero informant for FBI against Putin https://t.co/mpUTWGm7HE via @BIZPACReview

— BPR based (@DumpstrFireNews) November 10, 2023

Those revelations came only weeks after Buma had done an interview with Insider in Sept. 2023 where he’d claimed a superior at the FBI had batted down expressed concerns over former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani allegedly being compromised by a Russian counterintelligence operation during his time with the 2016 Trump campaign.

Buma’s claims of a pro-Trump bias at the bureaus included his contention the same superior at been “very interested” when informed about allegations regarding Hunter Biden and the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.

The investigation of the former agent had begun during the Biden administration when a raid had been conducted on his home in late 2023. Buma, whose charges were filed in the Central District of California, was released Tuesday on $100,000 bail following a hearing in a Brooklyn court.

Among the reactions to the arrest, some were quick to point out that this wasn’t the first time that a former counterintelligence official with the FBI who’d accused Trump of Russian collusion had reached the “find out” stage of “FAFO” as Charles McGonigal had pled guilty in August 2023 of taking secret payments for aiding Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, leading to a sentence of four years in federal prison.

Not the first time… pic.twitter.com/cMhca5IEN7

— I Love America News (@ILA_NewsX) March 21, 2025

Great to see accountability finally being held, hope this sets a precedent for others who have leaked classified info.

Kash Patel is doing a great job cleaning up the FBI, getting rid of censorship and corruption.

This is what draining the swamp looks like, Trump’s…

— Stop Socialist Tyranny (@endlibtyranny) March 22, 2025

Fabulous! ‘Bout time.

— Judy Van Cleave (@juniperjrvc) March 22, 2025

The long-awaited arrests are finally starting. Next, target those wicked, corrupt deep state politicians and Epstein pedophiles, and America will celebrate with joy at the triumph of justice!!!

— Alina Zofia (@AlinaZofia89) March 21, 2025

Staff Writer

Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn’t researching current events and their impacts, you’ll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.

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