Espionage Prosecutor News Today

good to be back. >> its great to you have here. do you remember the name brandan van grek? >> as i have memorable name. if not, the circumstance of which you first heard it? but if you are like me and the first time you heard the name brandon van grabbing is the first time you heard the word he is spee naj formerly associated with the presidency of donald trump. espionage as in the espionage act, not just spy movie stuff, as in u.s. law. we were only about four months in to the trum...

all a very, very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> lets do at home joining us this hour. its great to have you here. do you remember the name brandon van grack? its a very memorable name, so you might remember the sound of it. if not, the circumstance in which you first heard it. but if you are like me, in all likelihood, the first time you heard the name bran...

Of that plot in the spring of 2017, that veteran espionage prosecutor that led the flynn investigation who we just learned about in the spring of 2017, brandon van grack, he has left the justice department. he left government service. he started his justice department career as a trial attorney in the national security division and prosecuted cases on cyber attacks and money laundering and theft of trade secrets and, yes, espionage. a spy for china out of michigan. a guy who was rubbing the high...

Flipping over the seriousness of this thing. its one thing to feel like oh, there is some shenanigans, there is maybe not the best people. there is some incompetence, there is some cavalierness, some stuff to worry about here. but when its the espionage prosecutor that has to be working on the case involving the new national security adviser, thats bad. right? your country is put in a bad situation. if a new president, a new administration is playing games like that. if thats how its starting, y...

Security adviser, that is bad. right? your country has been put in a bad situation if a new president, a new administration, is playing games like that. if thats how it is starting, you can be sure it is not going to end well. and its likely not going to end for a long time. things like that have long tails. even if the you know, veteran espionage prosecutor in question has the fantastic and memorable name of brandon van grack, him being in the news in the first four months of a new administrati...

0 night. and the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening rachel. chris, do you have a connection to the fbi? >> do i personally? >> >> every time you go on vacation the fbi does something that nobody expected that blows everybody away and i have to call you and ask where in the world you are. >> i found out the search warrant in mar-a-lago from a text from you, and i hadnt even gotten to the american news, and i guess things are kinds of crazy, woe, babe, they searched mar-a-lago. >> r...

Investiga -- being led by grand jury led by espionage prosecutor. second, they knew that during the transition and mihired him anyway. and the federal prosecutor whose office convened that grand jury, the guy signing the subpoenas was dana boente. the same guy trump had made the acting attorney general of the united states after firing sally yates. and hooewent through a whole string of the highest jobs in the trump administration and its important now to recognize that every step of the way he ...

Committing crimes. this "times" story tonight also has new details on the investigation of flynn. quote, the pace of the investigations has intensified in recent weeks with a veteran espionage prosecutor, brandon van grack, now leading a grand jury inquiry in northern virginia that is scrutinizing mr. flynns foreign lobbying and has begun issuing subpoenas to businesses that worked with mr. flynn and his associates. the "new york times" has reviewed one of the subpoenas. it demands all records, ...

One of the ongoing fbi and justice department investigations that was already under way before robert mueller was appointed special counsel is the case involving mike flynn. and his foreign ties. that ongoing investigation has been reported and described by multiple news outlets. it was confirmed as an ongoing fbi criminal investigation last week in sworn congressional testimony by james comey. now we know for sure its happening. we know that the mike flynn investigation has produced already mul...

Out of that countrys government by the pro-putin dictator who manafort worked for for years. that investigation is years long and involves fbi agents working including on site in kiev. in the case of mike flynn the ongoing investigation that involves him reportedly to his contacts. that is a grand jury investigation produced multiple subpoenas through the u.s. attorneys office in the eastern district of virginia. the prosecutor overseeing that investigation is reportedly a veteran espionage pros...