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Treasury employee charged with leaking details of Manafort's suspicious bank transactions to BuzzFeed News

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Updated On: January 24, 2022
Date of Incident: October 16, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

Charged under Espionage Act →: No

ICE subpoenas law journal editor who published copy of leaked ICE memo

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Updated On: February 20, 2020
Date of Incident: October 16, 2018
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Targets: Daniel Kowalski (Bender's Immigration Bulletin)

Subpoena Type →: Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →: Dropped