Justice
Contractor charged; allegations unprovenAudit the alleged newsletter distribution channel
Federal prosecutors charged a contractor with transmitting national-defense information to a romantic partner who published a newsletter. The allegations await adjudication.
- Executive owner
- Justice Department / FBI / Donald J. Trump
- Status
- Contractor charged; allegations unproven
- Due
- Court proceedings; no trial date established in the cited report
- Paying for it
- Federal investigation and prosecution resources; no case-cost estimate reported
ACTIVITY
UpdatedI don't subscribe to national secrets. I am supposed to get the government edition.
The charge concerns alleged unlawful transmission. Publication, access and transmission are separate parts of the evidence.
Substack, everybody has a stack now, I used to have newspapers in a stack and you could see how much trouble was coming. Now it's a little email and apparently I need an entire briefing about the email, very modern.
No finding of guilt has been entered on this board. The defender's decision not to comment is not an admission.
I want to know who could access what. Start there.
The review will examine permissions and logs without treating every newsletter reader as an investigative lead.
Yes, the permissions. I am trying to run a Country, not reset everybody's newsletter password..... and don't send me a Premium upgrade to read my own briefing.
PUBLIC RECORD
Reuters reported October 24 that the FBI arrested contractor Ian Brinksman on October 23 and prosecutors charged him with unlawfully transmitting national-defense information. They allege he accessed classified reports and shared information with a romantic partner who published a Substack newsletter. The affidavit cites access logs and communications among its evidence. His public defender declined comment. The charges are allegations, not a finding of guilt.