Identity of FBI Spy in Trump Campaign Leaked to Media But Denied to Congress

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) (2nd L) and Rep. Peter King (R-NY) leave the committee's secure meeting rooms in the basement of the U.S. Capitol House Visitors Center in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 6, 2018. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Current and former government officials leaked details identifying a spy in President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign even though the Justice Department warned that revealing the spy’s identity would endanger his or her life and compromise national security.

Details about the spy became the target of two articles, one by The New York Times, one by The Washington Post, both published on Friday, May 18.