Former Republican writer Max Boot has long been a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump, once suggesting that his administration amounted to "an ongoing criminal conspiracy."

Yet in an ironic development, Boot's wife was indicted in federal court this week on two criminal counts. 

Former CIA analyst charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act

According to The New York Times, former CIA analyst Sue Mi Terry has been charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Prosecutors assert that Ms. Terry has operated as an agent of the South Korean government since 2013, with her work stating when she was contacted by one of that nation's intelligence officers.

Terry is alleged to have received a number of handbags and articles of clothing along with covert payments amounting to at least $37,000 funneled through a think tank where she was employed.

The indictment states that she did not register as a foreign agent "despite engaging in extensive activities for and at the direction of" South Korea.

She is facing one count of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act along with a second count of conspiring to violate it.

Washington Post article praised South Korea president

The Federalist co-founder and CEO Sean Davis noted in a social media post that Terry co-authored with her husband "an article for the Washington Post last year about the country she is alleged to have been illegally representing since 2013."

Federal authorities have indicted the wife of left-wing Washington Post columnist @MaxBoot for illegally operating as a foreign agent for South Korea.

Boot’s wife previously worked for the CIA. The charges are especially noteworthy given that Boot has spent nearly a decade… https://t.co/hihaJMwo6L

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 17, 2024

That piece hailed South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as a "profile in courage" for "taking a brave step toward resolving a long-festering, historical dispute with Japan."

Davis added that Terry's "charges are especially noteworthy given that Boot has spent nearly a decade falsely accusing Trump of being a foreign agent."

Boot accused Trump of not going after foreign agents

In a 2019 Washington Post column, Boot complained that Trump's administration was "gutting the task forces" in charge of preventing foreign agents from influencing American elections.

Boot further asserted that "systematic attacks on the integrity of our elections undermine faith in the electoral process."

He concluded by stating, "This is a pressing national security threat that remains to be adequately addressed — something unlikely to happen as long as a president who was elected with Russian help remains in office."