Federal prosecutors and attorneys for former Central Intelligence Agency official David Rush have reached a plea agreement in principle, stopping proceedings before a grand jury indictment in a case involving $40 million in stolen gold bars and classified operations. A joint court filing submitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia asked for a three-week extension until 8 October to complete the paperwork and an agreed statement of facts. As reported by CBS News and NBC News, both sides said resolving the case before an indictment is in the public interest and would avoid long and costly legal proceedings involving classified national security information. Rush, a former senior executive in the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology, was arrested in May 2026 after an internal agency inquiry led to a criminal investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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