The former head of security for the Senate Intelligence Committee has pleaded guilty to one charge of making false statements to the FBI.
The guilty plea, which was announced by the Justice Department on Monday, comes along with a commitment by the government to move to dismiss related charges.
James A. Wolfe, who was director of security for nearly three decades, has now admitted to making false statements about disclosing non-public information to members of the media.
“By his guilty plea, Wolfe admitted making false statements to the FBI concerning whether he had provided unclassified, but not otherwise publicly-available, information to reporters,” the Justice Department said in a release. “Specifically, on Oct. 16, 2017, and again on Oct. 24, 2017, Wolfe provided a particular reporter with non-public information concerning a witness who had been subpoenaed to testify before the SSCI. Wolfe also admitted making false statements to the FBI about his contacts with three additional reporters, including one of the authors of the aforementioned article.”
Wolfe was indicted on three counts related to making false statements back in June.
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