Kent’s whistleblower defense is destroyed by the $500,000 he received the moment he resigned
The source is Judge John Bates’ final audit of federal asset-recovery case number 26-CV-AF-017, U.S. v. Covington et al.
It is one of the 24 asset-recovery cases he helped audit.
Both judges belong to the District of Columbia (DC) Federal Court.
Joe Kent
Joe Kent resigned on March 17th as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
The $500,000 payment to Kent was made by Atlas Global Trading Ltd, Cayman Islands, at 2 p.m. on March 17th, the day Kent resigned from his federal job.
It was for sending FBI election data to Luxembourg.
The hearing to recover the money is on April 30th.
Currently, it is frozen.
His indictment for a variety of federal charges is tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.
Judge McFadden is the trial judge.
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Kent’s first payment was $250,000 on Nov. 17th.
Federal prosecutors have the evidence of both payments.
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