Claim 228

The FBI affidavit described Rosen's newsgathering as making him a possible co-conspirator under the Espionage Act.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The FBI affidavit described Rosen's newsgathering as making him a possible co-conspirator under the Espionage Act.
Field: action
Value: Affidavit calls Rosen a co-conspirator
About: incident 2013-us-doj-names-fox-reporter-co-conspirator
Source: Justice search warrant relied on probable cause of criminal conduct by Fox News journalist
Publisher: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2013-05-20

Quotation from the source

in his newsgathering, was violating federal statutes that prohibit 'unauthorized disclosure of national defense information' as an 'aider, abettor, and/or co-conspirator.'