Criminal trial postponed against journalist who leaked Fox News clips

A Florida journalist who was criminally charged this year with breaking into online systems at Fox News and other organizations is now scheduled to go on trial in January, The Desk has learned.

Timothy Burke was originally scheduled to go on trial this month after being charged with more than a dozen crimes earlier this year, but a federal judge overseeing the case has agreed to move up the trial date, according to people familiar with the matter January 2025 and court records reviewed by The Desk.

The case centers on Burke’s use of compromised account information that gave him access to web servers and at least one online video broadcast service used by sports leagues, television networks and news organizations. He is said to have conspired with Marco Gaudino of Washington to find passwords online,…