Is that a crime? I imagine it's a crime if you have a security clearance. But as far as I'm aware these guys never promised not to give away classified information. Of course they can be pardoned, and they don't even need a pardon if the Justice Department decides not to prosecute. But just as a matter of idle curiosity, has any law actually be violated?
When questions about their access has arisen earlier the administration has said they were granted security clearances. Releasing classified information is in that case is potentially illegal and at a minimum was normally result in your security clearance being revoked. But these guys didn’t go through the normal processes for obtaining a security clearance, so there is no reason to believe the normal rules and laws…
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#21Although outside the norm nothing about this is beyond the rights of the executive. The DoJ has always had prosecutorial discretion and the granting of security clearances has always been a discretionary decision of the executive.