The FBI is investigating the former US counterterrorism chief who resigned over the Iran war.

WashingtonThe FBI is investigating Joe Kent, who on Tuesday He resigned as head of the national counterterrorism center because of his disagreement with the Iran war.The agency opened a case against Kent for alleged leaks of information while he was head of the counterterrorism unit, according to several sources who spoke to CBS and Semafor. Apparently, the FBI had already begun investigating him before he resigned. Kent is the first member of the administration to publicly resign in the wake of the US military campaign in the Middle East. The former counterterrorism chief openly criticized President Donald Trump for his decision, asserting that the president had been "deceived" by "senior Israeli officials" into carrying out the attack. Kent is known for his ties to the far right and white supremacism, as well as connections to openly anti-Semitic and Islamophobic figures. In the letter explaining his reasons for resigning, published on social media, he denounced Trump for abandoning his agenda. America First and has involved the country in a new foreign conflict. "I cannot support sending people to fight and die in a war that benefits Americans in no way and does not justify the cost in American lives," he wrote.

Kent's defection marked an escalation of internal dissent within Trumpism. Until now, the only voices critical of the president had come from Congress, as seen with former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and Congressman Thomas Massie. Now, for the first time, a member of the administration has confronted Trump. The president does not take criticism well, which he perceives almost as a betrayal. Although in Kent's case, he downplayed it, saying that his departure was good because "he was too weak for security."

Accused of leaking information

Beyond Trump's reaction, the president's loyalist faction strongly criticized Kent for his words. influencer Far-right activist Laura Loomer repeatedly criticized the former head of counterterrorism in numerous posts on X. In one of these posts, she accused Kent of leaking information to other media figures within the MAGA movement who had distanced themselves from the leader. Loomer claimed that Kent had been passing information to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who had already expressed criticism of the war in the hours following the attack. Over the past year, Carlson, a former Trump ally who even attended the 2024 Republican National Convention to support him, has distanced himself from the president.