2026年9月11日 / 美国东部时间下午5:43 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：凯特琳·伊莱克 政治记者
凯特琳·伊莱克是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网驻华盛顿特区的政治记者。她曾供职于《华盛顿考察家报》和《国会山报》，并入选2022年美国国家新闻基金会保罗·米勒华盛顿报道奖学金项目。
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华盛顿讯——根据周五提交的法庭文件，美国司法部已与一名前中情局官员达成初步认罪协议。该官员今年5月在其家中被查出价值超过4000万美元的金条。
检察官与这名前中情局官员的律师已向弗吉尼亚州联邦地区法院申请将提交起诉书的期限延长至10月8日，并称“起诉前的和解有助于节省政府和司法资源，符合公共利益”。
“双方已取得重大进展，达成了一项原则性认罪协议，可在起诉前解决此事，”他们写道，并补充道，“根据本案目前已获取的证据，双方评估认为，进入起诉和审判程序将需要就任何涉密材料进行大量诉讼。”
这份法庭文件未提及这名前官员大卫·拉什可能面临的指控罪名。
今年5月的刑事起诉书指控拉什犯有一项利用考勤欺诈窃取公款的罪名。
在这份刑事起诉书中，联邦调查局称，今年5月在拉什位于弗吉尼亚州的住所执行搜查令时，查获了303根金条、200万美元现金以及35块豪华腕表，其中多为劳力士腕表。
联邦调查局还指控拉什在政府入职申请中就其教育背景和兵役经历提供虚假信息，并在退役后欺诈性地骗取军事休假补贴。起诉书称，拉什在2015年从海军光荣退役后，在官方考勤表中虚报了744小时的军事休假时间，骗取了约7.7万美元的薪酬。
根据联邦调查局的说法，拉什曾多次向政府申请大额外币和数千万美元的金条作为工作经费，并获批领取。起诉书补充称，拉什的雇主无法确认“这些资金的原定用途”。
今年6月，一名联邦法官下令将拉什羁押至庭审，认定其存在极高的潜逃风险。
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Former CIA official found with $40 million in gold bars in plea deal talks
September 11, 2026 / 5:43 PM EDT / CBS News
By Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter
Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.
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Washington — The Justice Department has reached a tentative plea deal with a former CIA official who was found with more than $40 million worth of gold bars in his home in May, according to a court filing Friday.
Prosecutors and a lawyer for the former CIA official asked a federal district court in Virginia to extend the deadline to file an indictment until Oct. 8, saying “a pre-indictment resolution promotes the public interest by conserving government and judicial resources.”
“The parties have made significant progress and have a plea agreement in principle that would resolve the matter prior to an indictment,” they wrote, adding that “based on the evidence obtained in the case thus far, the parties assess that proceeding to an indictment and trial would require significant litigation on any classified material.”
The court filing did not indicate what charges the former official, David Rush, could plead to.
A criminal complaint from May charged Rush with one count of stealing public money for timesheet fraud.
In the criminal complaint, the FBI said it found 303 gold bars, $2 million in cash and 35 luxury watches, many of which were Rolex watches, while executing a search warrant at Rush’s Virginia home in May.
The FBI also alleged Rush had provided false information about his education and military service on his government application and fraudulently took military leave after his service ended. The complaint alleges that Rush claimed 744 hours of military leave on his official timesheet, totaling about $77,000 in compensation, after he was honorably discharged in 2015 from the Navy.
According to the FBI, Rush allegedly made several requests to the government for large amounts of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses, which he received. The complaint added that Rush’s employer was unable to identify “the intended use of these funds.”
In June, a federal judge ordered Rush to remain in custody pending trial, determining that he posed a severe flight risk.
CBS News has reached out to Rush’s attorney.
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