A senior official within the Department of Homeland Security has been identified as a prolific leaker and will be referred to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution, according to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
As reported by WND, Noem declined to disclose the name or rank of the accused official but made clear the seriousness of the breach, stating that journalist [Shawn Cohen] is down another source we just caught another prolific leaker putting our DHS law enforcement at risk as they already face 8,000% increase in death threats against them. She added unequivocally, I plan to refer this individual to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution.
Cohen is a reporter who has published a series of allegations about DHS based on unnamed insiders, continuing a pattern of anonymous leaking that has long plagued efforts to secure the border and enforce immigration law. One recent Cohen piece claimed: Donald Trump is facing a revolt from his most loyal MAGA supporters over fears the largest mass deportation effort in U.S. history could unravel within the next 24 hours amid talks to wind down operations in Minneapolis.
Noem signaled a zero-tolerance policy toward internal sabotage, declaring, We are agnostic about your standing, tenure, political appointment, or status as a career civil servant we will track down leakers and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. Her stance reflects a broader conservative concern that entrenched bureaucrats and ideological opponents inside federal agencies are working to undermine President Trumps agenda on immigration and national security.
Ben Whedon at Just the News recalled that During the first Trump administration, anonymous leakers and internal saboteurs were pervasive in the DHS, with agency chief of staff Miles Taylor later being outed as Anonymous, the author of an op-ed detailing internal efforts by anti-Trump figures to derail his agenda from within. That history underscores why many on the right view the latest case not as an isolated incident, but as part of a deeper struggle to restore accountability and loyalty within the federal bureaucracy.
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