Reporters Potentially involved with James Wolfe Leaking:
Reporter #1 – Probably Devlin Barrett of the Washington Post. Manu Raju is a second possibility.
Reporter #2 – Ali Watkins of Buzzfeed/NYT/Politico.
Reporter #3 – Probably Marianna Sotomayor of NBC. (Kasie Hunt co-author) Erin Kelly of USA Today may have also received information.
Reporter #4 – Identity uncertain. There has been some speculation it is Brian Ross of ABC.
Male #1 – Carter Page.
Classified Document – The Carter Page FISA Application.
On July 27 2018, attorneys for James Wolfe sent letters to all 15 senators on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence,
notifying them that their testimony may be sought as part of Wolfe’s defense:
Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee have been notified they may be asked for testimony as part of the criminal trial of a veteran
Senate staffer accused of lying to the FBI while working for the panel.
If senators declined to appear voluntarily for either a deposition or at trial, they could be subpoenaed. That action that could spark a
legal battle over a constitutional provision that gives lawmakers certain immunity and privilege for actions undertaken as part of their
official duties, as well as over how much national security information can be disclosed in open court.
Three possible reasons for this lawsuit:
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Wolfe: “If I’m going down, so is everybody else.”
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A strategically crafted lawsuit. One that is intentionally designed to trigger a protracted legal battle over the
constitutional provision of immunity for lawmakers. Consider the time that could be consumed…
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Wolfe is cooperating. The lawsuit is designed to pull in ensnared Senators on the SSCI.