A former FBI agent who previously claimed that Rudy Giuliani could have been “compromised” by Russia was arrested Monday by court records filed Tuesday.
Jonathan Buma was about to board an international flight departing at John F. Kennedy International Airport when he was recently arrested by FBI agents. Court documents have been submitted. He was charged with disclosure of confidential material violation 18 US Code Section 1905.
Buma was a special FBI and supervising special agent specializing in anti-intelligence and anti-proliferation issues. He submitted his resignation letter to the office on Sunday, according to the filing.
On October 27, 2023, Buma is said to have printed about 130 files from the agency’s internal network. (Related: Tulsi Gabbard strips security clearances for 51 officials who signed a Hunter Biden laptop letter)
He was also accused of printing nine text file documents containing protected information derived from the report, according to the submission. Buma is said to have printed a screenshot of communication between him and the confidential human source (CHS) on an encrypted app.
Buma then informed the FBI supervisor that he had planned to take leave without pay, and then, according to documents, left the FBI office. On October 30th, Buma is said to have posted a draft excerpt from his book about his 15-year career with the FBI on social media.
Around @potus Order, I revoked the security clearance and banned access to classification information for 51 signers of Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Lisa Monaco, Mark Zaid, Norman Eisen, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg and Andrew Weissmann…
– dni tulsi gabbard (@dnigabbard) March 10, 2025
His draft includes information obtained as a special FBI agent in connection with the FBI investigation into the “Foreign Weapons of Mass Destruction (“WMD”) program.”
Buma is said to have emailed to a personal colleague in November who helped negotiate a deal with the publishing company.
He claimed that he “gives permission” to the recipients “to share information that was subject to restrictions on dissemination and that he was aware of his abilities as a special FBI agent,” the document alleges. The Bureau’s Reservations Office confirmed in December 2023 and June 2024 that the defendant did not reach out to secure a review of his book, the submission said.
According to the submission, the American media company ultimately published an article containing sensitive information.
“In the fall of 2023, the US media entity published an article containing sensitive information related to an associate degree in a foreign government employee, and Buma knew he had an obligation to protect him,” the document alleges. (Related: The original staff member who signed the infamous Hunter Biden laptop letter will maintain the gig along with Biden administrator)
Federal law enforcement officials searched Buma’s residence in November 2023 and found him owned FBI information, according to filings. However, the agent could not find Buma’s documents that were allegedly printed on his last day at the station.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – July 16: Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York and former personal attorney for former US President Donald Trump, will speak to the report at the 2024 Republican National Convention held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Buma said Business Insider In 2023, Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, could have been “compromised” by suspicions of Russian intelligence operatives.
“Rudi Giuliani may have been compromised by individuals suspected of being involved in Russia’s anti-intellectual influence operations,” he told the outlet.
Buma submitted a whistleblower statement to Congress, detailing his claims about the potential impact of Russia.
He suspects that the Russian Intelligence Reporting Agency (RIS) is “pushing lightly information into the US Intelligence Reporting Agency (USIC). [Joe Biden]According to July 2023 statement To the US Senate Committee on Judicial It was acquired independently By the New Yorker.
51 former Intelligence Agency signed a letter in 2020, claiming that an email from Hunter Biden’s laptop published in the New York Post had “all classical purpose in Russian information operations.”
This has proven false, and the Daily Call News Foundation confirmed that an April 2015 email about the introduction of then-President Wiese’s Biden was authentic in an email to Hunter Biden. (Related: Some of the biggest mysteries Trump’s FBI should solve are:
The FBI declined to comment and directed daily callers to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Attorney’s Office (USAO) in the Central District of California. USAO declined to comment and DOJ did not respond at the time of publication.
