Two former FBI officials have reached a tentative settlement with the Justice Department to resolve claims that their privacy was violated when text messages they exchanged disparaging former President Donald Trump were leaked to the news media. The deal was disclosed in a court filing that did not reveal specific terms.
One of the officials, a former top FBI counterintelligence agent, was fired in 2018 after the anti-Trump text messages came to light. The other official, a former FBI lawyer, voluntarily resigned the same year. Both officials alleged that the Justice Department infringed on their privacy rights when copies of their communication were shared with reporters in December 2017.
