Trump's terror chief who quit over Iran war was subject of monthslong FBI probe: report

A top Trump administration intelligence official who quit in a dramatic public protest over the Iran war left with the FBI hot on his heels, according to a new report.

Joe Kent resigned Tuesday as director of the National Counterterrorism Center. His public resignation letter blasted the Trump administration's justification for bombing Iran, writing the country "posed no imminent threat to our nation" and that the president acted under "pressure from Israel."

On Wednesday, Semafor reported Kent is the subject of a federal leak investigation focused on allegations he improperly shared classified information. The report cited four people with direct knowledge of the probe.

The investigation predates his resignation and had been underway for months.

In his resignation letter, Kent accused Trump of starting the Iran war "due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby" and said Iran "posed no imminent threat to our nation" — a direct rebuke of the administration's justification for the conflict.

Within hours of Kent's resignation becoming public, aides and supporters were already calling him a leaker.