Kent said, during an interview with The Washington Post, that he is meeting with anti-Israel pundits like Tucker Carlson to "make a case to fellow conservatives about the war with Iran."

The FBI’s investigation into former counterterrorism chief Joe Kent is sparking concern inside Trumpworld that a potential prosecution could elevate an internal critic of the administration’s Iran war and expose fractures the White House has tried to keep contained.

Kent recently resigned from his position leading the National Counterterrorism Center in protest of the Iran war.

The Trump counterterrorism official who resigned Tuesday had been a staunch supporter of the president through his 2020 election defeat, the Jan. 6 riots and years of conservative media advocacy and failed congressional bids.

During the two-hour interview with Tucker Carlson, Joe Kent said the Iranian government was not on the verge of attaining a nuclear weapon.