As the U.S. heads into the third month of President Donald Trump’s second term, it continues to become clearer just how infested the so-called “deep state” has become with corruption and partisan biases.

One notable example is Johnathan Buma, an FBI agent with a track record of disparaging conservatives and the first Trump administration in particular.

This week, news broke that he had been arrested at JFK International Airport in New York on serious charges related to disseminating sensitive information.

As TheBlaze reported:

According to the criminal complaint filed Tuesday, Johnathan Buma was charged with illegally disclosing confidential documents.

Buma, a 15-year FBI veteran and counterintelligence specialist who criticized the first Trump administration’s handling of classified information, allegedly printed out nearly 130 files from internal FBI networks in October 2023.

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At least eight of the files Buma allegedly printed out contained “sensitive information reports relating to a foreign adversary,” and some files contained information that confidential human sources provided to the FBI, which “were clearly marked with protected warnings that made clear that the information was to be protected,” said the complaint.

Buma allegedly also printed out screenshots of messages he exchanged with a confidential source via an encrypted messaging application — images containing information the complaint noted somehow ended up in a news article later that year.

After he allegedly printed what he needed for his tell-all autobiographical book, Buma notified his supervisors of his intent to go on leave without pay. It appears that Buma was not discreet about the planned contents of his book during his unpaid sabbatical, sharing excerpts on social media and allegedly circulating a draft via email that allegedly included details about the bureau’s investigations into a foreign country’s weapons of mass destruction program.

“The book draft contained information that Buma obtained through his position as an FBI Special Agent that relates to the FBI’s efforts and investigations into a foreign country’s weapons of mass destruction program,” said the complaint.

His arrest came more than a year after federal agents raided his California home.

Meanwhile, as leftist officials across the nation continue their attempt to stymie Trump’s momentum, the apparent political motivations behind some of those efforts are beginning to be exposed on a much wider scale:

Even ABC News included some of Buma’s past actions in its report about the recent arrest:

While the investigation into Buma appears to have begun during the Biden administration — with several news outlets reporting on an FBI raid on his home in late 2023 — Buma has been a vocal critic of how the first Trump administration handled classified information that Trump’s former personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, was the target of a Russian influence operation.

Federal agents arrested Buma on Monday as he was about to board an outbound international flight, the documents show. He appeared in Brooklyn federal court for a preliminary hearing on Tuesday and was released from detention.

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He has not entered a plea and his attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News.

The charges were filed in the Central District of California.

Buma’s former attorney denied any wrongdoing when the raid on Buma’s home was reported in late 2023.

Here’s a clip of a 2023 interview in which he laid out his claim that the FBI was actually biased in favor of Trump:

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