President Donald Trump, surrounded by farmers and aides in the Oval Office during a routine bill-signing ceremony on Wednesday, dropped several key updates on foreign affairs that signal a no-nonsense approach to national security and global threats. In remarks captured live on Fox News, Trump revealed that a leaker who compromised details of the recent U.S. operation in Venezuela has been apprehended and is now behind bars.
🚨 BREAKING: The leaker on President Trump’s Venezuela operations has been PUT IN JAIL, and more leakers are being hunted down
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“The leaker was found, and is in jail RIGHT NOW. The leaker on Venezuela. A very bad leaker.” 🔥
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He also shared intelligence indicating that the brutal crackdown on protesters in Iran has eased, with reports of halted killings and scrapped execution plans.
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The Venezuela revelation came as Trump addressed ongoing efforts to root out those undermining American operations abroad. “The leaker has been found, and is in jail right now,” Trump said, referring to the individual who disclosed classified information about “Operation Absolute Resolve,” the January 3 military raid that led to the capture of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The pair, facing federal narco-terrorism charges in New York, were extracted in a swift action that Trump has hailed as a major win against drug cartels and corrupt regimes.
Sources confirm the leaker is Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a U.S. citizen and systems administrator with top-secret clearance at a Pentagon contractor near Fort Meade, Maryland. Perez-Lugones allegedly accessed sensitive databases, took notes and screenshots, and passed materials to Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson, whose home was raided by the FBI as part of the probe.
Attorney General Pam Bondi described the leak as a direct threat to national defense, involving details on foreign operations in what court filings code as “Country 1″—widely recognized as Venezuela. Trump didn’t mince words, calling it a “very bad leaker” and hinting at more arrests: “There could be some others, and we’ll let you know about that. We’re hot on their trail.”
This crackdown follows the successful Maduro operation, which has already prompted positive shifts in Venezuela. Interim President Delcy Rodríguez, with U.S. backing, has released dozens of political prisoners, including Americans and opposition figures, as a gesture toward stability and cooperation on oil production. Trump has emphasized that the U.S. will oversee a transition to ensure fair elections and get Venezuelan oil flowing again, putting an end to years of socialist mismanagement that fueled migration crises at America’s borders.
Shifting to the Middle East, Trump offered encouraging news on Iran’s ongoing turmoil. “We’ve been told that the killing in Iran is stopping—it’s stopped, it’s stopping,” he said, citing “very important sources on the other side.” He added that there’s “no plan for executions,” directly addressing fears over imminent hangings of protesters like 26-year-old Erfan Soltani, who was arrested last week and reportedly faced a rushed death sentence. Soltani’s case drew international outrage, with his family learning of the execution date just days after his detention in Fardis, near Tehran.
The protests, which erupted in late December 2025 over economic hardships and regime corruption, have turned deadly, with activist groups estimating over 2,500 to 3,400 deaths at the hands of security forces. Iran’s judiciary chief, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, had signaled rapid trials and executions for those accused of “burning people” or inciting unrest, fueling concerns of a massacre. Trump had warned Tehran earlier that any such moves would trigger “very strong action” from the U.S., a stance that appears to have influenced the reported pause.
Critics might dismiss these developments as coincidence, but whispers in intelligence circles suggest the regime’s backers—perhaps lingering influences from past administrations that cozied up to Tehran—are losing their grip. Trump’s return to the White House has clearly rattled those who thrived on weak foreign policy, from leakers sabotaging operations to tyrants cracking down on their own people. By jailing traitors at home and pressuring despots abroad, the president is restoring America’s edge, one decisive step at a time.
As more details emerge, one thing is clear: under Trump’s leadership, accountability isn’t optional—whether it’s a contractor spilling secrets or a regime slaughtering dissenters. Stay tuned for updates as investigations continue and transitions unfold.
