Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) warned Republican lawmakers on Friday not to expose the identity of top-secret FBI informant, saying that to do so would be “irresponsible” — and potentially illegal.
“It would be at best irresponsible, and at worst potentially illegal, for members of Congress to use their positions to learn the identity of an FBI source for the purpose of undermining the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in our election,” Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a statement.
“Anyone who is entrusted with our nation’s highest secrets should act with the gravity and seriousness of purpose that knowledge deserves,” he added.
Warner’s comments come as some GOP lawmakers and allies of President Trump seize on reports of an embedded FBI informant, who fed investigators information about possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Some congressional Republicans have raised concerns that the FBI may have planted a mole within the Trump campaign in order to spy on the then-candidate and his team in the run up to the 2016 presidential election.
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The New York Times reported last week that a top-secret FBI informant had met with two former Trump campaign advisers, George Papadopoulos and Carter Page.
The Washington Post reported on Thursday that allies of the president had begun waging a campaign to expose the role of the informant. In response, the FBI has been working to soften the blow if the source’s identity is outed.
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Top Intel Dem warns GOP: Don't expose identity of top-secret FBI informant https://t.co/u2nQtBmn28 pic.twitter.com/DID0ISN9ZU
— The Hill (@thehill) May 19, 2018
Trump accused the FBI of sending a spy to secretly infiltrate his campaign “for political purposes."
In fact, the FBI sent an informant to talk to 2 campaign advisers only after receiving evidence that the pair had suspicious contacts tied to Russia. https://t.co/1fXg0IsGkt
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 19, 2018
If the details in this story are accurate, the informant was only utilized after the CI investigation had already begun and specifically talked with Page and Coffee Boy because of the particular concerns tied to those two.
Also known as “exactly how the FBI uses informants”. https://t.co/6L95MtMc0e
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) May 19, 2018
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