Is Leaking the Nvidia Spy Memo a Crime?

David Sacks says leaking the classified intelligence behind the Nvidia spy report is a crime, and that many people have been prosecuted for it. Someone, he argues, accepted the risk of jail to get the story to the New York Times, and taking Jensen Huang down had to be at least part of the motive. He wants an investigation of this leak on the same terms as other classified leaks, and he says he does not know why none is open as far as the panel knows.

He points to raids over classified documents: Mar-a-Lago, a box found near the Corvette in Joe Biden's garage, and Mike Pence caught up in the same kind of case. He does not believe the Times merely overheard bar talk. The paper attributed the spy portion to people briefed on the surveillance after Marco Rubio led the investigation and briefed President Trump. Sacks says he is not accusing Rubio. In his account, people briefed on the matter can be a low-level official, and a career staffer in the executive branch is not automatically a Trump official.

Sacks does not name the leaker. His claim is that the leak itself was a crime, and that the open question is who did it and why.