Senior CIA official accused of stealing $40m in gold bars from agency

David Rush’s trial for allegedly taking 303 gold bars and $2m in foreign currency from agency was pushed to next week

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A senior intelligence operative accused of stealing hundreds of https://www.theguardian.com/business/gold">gold bars worth more than $40m and hiding them at home remained in custody in https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/virginia">Virginia on Friday after a judge pushed his first court appearance to next week.

David Rush, a former executive service-level employee for the https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/cia">Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), is alleged to have taken 303 bullion bars, each weighing 2.2lb (1kg), and more than $2m in foreign currency, from his government office, according to an eight-page https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.596235/gov.uscourts.vaed.596235.2.0.pdf">FBI affidavit.