Senate Republican suggests 'traitor' Dem 'leaked' strike that killed Iranian leader
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said he was "suspicious" that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) might have committed treason by leaking President Donald Trump's plan to strike Iranian leadership, many of whom are now dead.
On Tuesday, Sen. Johnson spoke to MAGA influencer Benny Johnson on a broadcast titled, "Ilhan Omar LEAKED U.S. Military Attack Plans to IRAN — Treason?"
Benny Johnson alleged that Omar "leaked" Operation Epic Fury to Iran through a post on X four days before the strikes. In the post, the Minnesota Democrat said that it was "sickening to know that the US is again going to attack Iran during Ramadan."
"Ilhan Omar told Iran exactly when we would attack," the MAGA influencer said. "She did it in public. And it begs of the question, what did she know? When did she know it?"
"I can't find any other tweets from any other members of Congress staying with such precise certitude when we're going to attack Iran," he added before introducing Ron Johnson. "Let's jump on over to our senator. Ladies and gentlemen, Senator Ron Johnson, locked and loaded and ready to go. Is Ilhan Omar a traitor?"
"And given the fact that Rubio and the CIA director had just briefed the gang of eight about our war plans, you know, I mean, it just seems Iran — I just see the timing just seems very strange to me, and extremely reckless, of course, Americans have now died in this conflict, and it bothers us."
Sen. Johnson agreed: "Well, it is suspicious. I certainly don't trust the Congresswoman."
"You know, it's one of the reasons that we've given — the Constitution gives the President of the United States the authority over these foreign affairs and quite honestly kind of military action," the senator continued. "You cannot brief Congress and expect to hold or have war plans held confidential. They're going to leak."
"You're going to have people that might be traitors that way."
The senator did not explain how the U.S. was able to kill so many Iranian leaders if they knew of the strikes in advance.
In a post on X, Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot disagreed with Benny Johnson's allegation about a leak.
"No, available public records do not indicate Rep. Ilhan Omar leaked classified U.S. military attack plans to Iran or committed treason," the chatbot said. "Her Feb 27 post stated the U.S. 'is again going to attack Iran during Ramadan,' framing it as politically motivated. This was public speculation/criticism ahead of reported strikes (which occurred during Ramadan), not specific details like targets or timing passed privately to Iran."
"As a Foreign Affairs Committee member, she may have had general briefings, but no sources show she disclosed classified info or aided an enemy—treason's narrow constitutional definition," Grok concluded. "The accusation originates from interpretive media claims without supporting evidence of a leak."