In this file photo taken on January 24, 2017, a man enters the Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C. (Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images) Devlin Barrett Reporter focusing on national security and law enforcement Matt Zapotosky National security reporter covering the Justice Department October 17 at 1:33 PM A senior Treasury Department employee was charged Wednesday with leaking confidential government reports about suspicious financial transactions related to the special counsel’s probe of Russian election interference and Trump associates. The charges reflect the latest move in the Trump administration’s effort to root out leakers within the government. Earlier this week, a former senior Senate staffer pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents in a separate leak investigation. The Treasury case centers on a dozen stories published by BuzzFeed News that described suspicious activity reports, or SARs, which are generated by banks when a financial transaction may involve illegal activity. Prosecutors
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