Oh boy, this one is rich—and not in the Wall Street way. We’re talking about a former FBI agent who once suggested Rudy Giuliani was tangled up with Russian intelligence… and now he’s the one in handcuffs, arrested by the very agency he once served. You can’t make this stuff up.
Let’s break it down: Johnathan Buma, a veteran FBI Special Agent, was snagged Monday at JFK Airport as he prepared to board an international flight. Yep—bags packed, passport in hand, allegedly fleeing the country just one day after resigning from the bureau. It wasn’t some minor HR issue either. No, Buma is now facing serious federal charges for allegedly disclosing confidential government material in violation of 18 U.S. Code § 1905.
The accusations? They read like a spy thriller gone sideways. Buma allegedly printed 130 internal FBI files and nine classified text documents, including screenshots of conversations with a confidential human source. Not exactly the kind of thing you're supposed to bring home as a souvenir.
Per @POTUS directive, I have revoked security clearances and barred access to classified information for Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Lisa Monaco, Mark Zaid, Norman Eisen, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, and Andrew Weissman, along with the 51 signers of the Hunter Biden…
— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) March 10, 2025
And here’s where it gets even more dramatic: Buma didn’t just stash the documents—he allegedly tried to monetize them. He shopped around a draft of a tell-all book, full of restricted information from FBI investigations into foreign weapons of mass destruction programs. He even authorized people negotiating with publishers to share these details—without ever getting the required clearance from the bureau’s pre-publication review office. In short: he skipped every step meant to keep national security secrets… well, secret.
Federal agents raided his home in November. They found FBI materials but not the exact batch he reportedly printed on his last day. Those may still be out there, unaccounted for.
Now, let’s talk irony: this is the same guy who, just months earlier, told Business Insider that Rudy Giuliani—former NYC mayor and close Trump ally—was “potentially compromised” by Russian intelligence. He even filed whistleblower complaints, claiming Russian influence was being funneled through the U.S. intelligence community to help Trump by damaging Biden.
But here’s the kicker—those claims now carry a different weight. Why? Because the same man making them is now charged with leaking classified info and publishing sensitive details in the media. It casts a long shadow over his motivations and his credibility.
And remember that infamous 2020 letter signed by 51 former intel officials saying Hunter Biden’s laptop had all the "hallmarks of Russian disinformation"? That was debunked. The laptop’s emails—yep, they were real. And now, years later, we’re watching some of the very people who fueled that narrative come under the microscope themselves.