U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz says former Obama-Biden administration officials are urging foreign governments to gather evidence for future prosecutions of President Trump administration officials, calling the conduct potentially illegal.
“This kind of seditious meddling may be illegal,” Reitz wrote in a post on X. “DOJ will smoke it out.” He said more information would follow.
Reitz did not identify the officials or a particular article in the text of his post. A May article in Just Security by former government lawyers Tracey Begley, Benjamin R. Farley and Sarah Harrison discusses possible foreign prosecutions over U.S. strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Pacific. It is not known whether Reitz was referring to this article or to additional or different information.
The authors argued that Colombia, Ecuador and other affected countries could gather evidence now and pursue indictments after President Trump leaves office. They named Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Adm. Frank Bradley and Gen. Francis Donovan as potential targets and discussed arrest warrants and extradition.
Whether the authors contacted foreign governments or any government acted on their recommendations is not known. Reitz’s post did not identify charges or explicitly announce a formal investigation.