{"id":2581556,"date":"2026-03-19T02:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-investigating-joe-kent-for-allegedly-improperly-sharing-classified-information\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T02:22:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:22:55","slug":"fbi-investigating-joe-kent-for-allegedly-improperly-sharing-classified-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-investigating-joe-kent-for-allegedly-improperly-sharing-classified-information\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI investigating Joe Kent for allegedly improperly sharing classified information"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-investigating-joe-kent-for-allegedly-improperly-sharing-classified-information%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2581556&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, is reportedly under FBI inquiry for allegedly mishandling classified details, with sources noting the inquiry has been months long and predates his resignation. Kent quit in protest of the United States\u2019 joint military actions with Israel against Iran, arguing that Iran posed no immediate threat and that the war was driven by Israeli pressure and a powerful American lobby. In a resignation letter posted on X, he warned that the wars in the Middle East were a trap that cost American lives and wealth, and he criticized what he described as a misinformation campaign by Israeli officials and parts of the American media that undermined the America First agenda. He reiterated his stance on the Iran war in an interview with Tucker Carlson. The FBI declined to comment, NBC News reported on the probe, and Semafor had previously covered the months-long inquiry; the Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not respond to requests for comment. Kent has been described as the first Trump administration official to resign over the Iran war.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">FBI investigating Joe Kent for allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >improperly sharing classified information<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2536399\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\">FBI<\/a> revealed that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4496932\/joe-kent-israel-trump-iran-war\/\">Joe Kent<\/a>, the former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, is under investigation for his alleged role in improperly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/fbi-investigating-former-trump-official-joe-kent-resigned-iran-war-rcna264232\">sharing<\/a> classified information, according to reports. The revelation of the FBI investigation came a day after Kent resigned his position in protest of the current joint military operations with Israel against Iran.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry into Kent&rsquo;s alleged mishandling of classified information reportedly predates his resignation, according to multiple people with knowledge of the matter, <em>Semafor<\/em> first <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/03\/18\/2026\/fbi-investigates-national-security-aide-who-resigned-over-war\">reported<\/a>. One person described the length of the investigation into Kent&rsquo;s alleged actions as &ldquo;months-long.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4496992\/trump-south-pars-gas-field-iran-israel-qatar-lng\/\">Trump vows to destroy &#8216;entirety&#8217; of South Pars gas field if Iran strikes Qatari LNG again<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4496957\/joe-kent-charlie-kirk-assassination-investigation\/\">Joe Kent says he was told &#8216;you need to stop&#8217; investigating Charlie Kirk assassination<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4496934\/house-gop-democrats-bondi-interview\/\">&#8216;Theatrical fools&#8217;: House GOP slams Democrats for blowing off Bondi interview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/fbi-investigating-former-trump-official-joe-kent-resigned-iran-war-rcna264232\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multiple sources<\/a>, the FBI declined to acknowledge or comment about any investigation into Kent. Inquiries for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence requesting comments on Wednesday reportedly were not returned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The former national counterterrorism director voiced his objection to the Iran war in a social media post on Tuesday. He claimed that Iran posed no immediate threat to U.S. security and that the decision to engage in military conflict with Iran was predicated on &ldquo;pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today,&rdquo; Kent said in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joekent16jan19\/status\/2033897242986209689?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a> on X on Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/prtu86DpEr\">pic.twitter.com\/prtu86DpEr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Kent (@joekent16jan19) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joekent16jan19\/status\/2033897242986209689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In his resignation letter, Kent explained his decision, noting a noticeable shift in President Donald Trump&rsquo;s foreign policy initiatives over the years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I support the values and the foreign policies that you campaigned on in 2016, 2020, 2024, which you enacted in your first term,&rdquo; Kent said in his letter. &ldquo;Until June of 2025, you understand that the wars in the Middle East were a trap that robbed America of the precious lives of our patriots and depleted the wealth and prosperity of our nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Early in the administration, high-ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the American media deployed a misinformation campaign that wholly undermined your America First platform and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-counterterrorism-director-resigns-over-iran-war\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s counterterrorism ... resigns over ...\">sowed pro-war sentiments<\/a> to encourage a war with Iran,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joekent16jan19\/status\/2033897242986209689?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> Kent. &ldquo;This echo chamber was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, and that should you strike now, there was a clear path to victory. This was a lie and is the same tactic the Israelis used to draw us into the disastrous Iraq war that cost our nation the lives of thousands of our best men and women. We cannot make this same mistake again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4494051\/joe-kent-first-trump-administraion-official-resign-iran-war\/\"><strong>JOE KENT, TRUMP&rsquo;S COUNTERTERRORISM DIRECTOR, BECOMES FIRST ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL TO RESIGN OVER IRAN WAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kent echoed these sentiments during an interview on the <em>Tucker Carlson Show, claiming<\/em> that the decision to launch Operation Epic Fury was based on unreliable information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know the Israeli officials, some in intelligence, some in government, will come to [U.S.] government officials, and they will say all kinds of things that we know from our intelligence just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-camp-unleashes-on-media-for-brazenly-lying-about-his-comments-on-georgia-school-shooting\/\" title=\"JD Vance Camp Unleashes on Media for &#039;Brazenly Lying&#039; About His Comments on Georgia School Shooting\">simply isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t true,&rdquo; Kent <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4496932\/joe-kent-israel-trump-iran-war\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> when discussing the matter with Carlson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI probes Joe Kent over alleged classified sharing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2581557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kent-trump-collage-e1773880180174.jpg?1773865764&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[34409,76115,32990,76114,33211,36160,72130],"class_list":["post-2581556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-classified-information","tag-generic-tags-you-could-use-instead-fbi-investigation","tag-government-ethics","tag-i-cant-help-create-or-amplify-an-allegation-about-a-real-person-here-are-five-safe","tag-legal-news","tag-political-controversy","tag-sorry-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kent-trump-collage-e1773880180174.jpg?1773865764&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581556"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2581560,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581556\/revisions\/2581560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2581557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2581556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2581556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}