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Controversi controsi controsies. >> according to the reporting and exposure he may have caused was related directly to again, the russian investigation question. right? in addition to that, according to the indictment, some 82 text messages with a reporter, right? those numbers are quite large. youve seen a lot. how often does a case like this happen if you will, that may not be caught? >> well, i mean this has a bit of a house of cards element to it. there is a person fall relationship between ...

Will affect the press and sources for the press. >> reporter: and the attorney for that new york times reporter called it disconcerting that her phone and e-mail records were seized. now when it comes to james wolfe, he has been released until the next court appearance in washington, d.c. on tuesday and if he is convicted of the three charges of lying to the fbi, he does face up to 15 years in prison. >> jessica, thank you. coming up, president trump huddling with world leaders in canada amid ...

>> tonight a charge of false statements during a leak investigation and the president and the justice department made cracking down on leakers a top priority. >> it is very interesting that they caught a leaker. and a very important -- and it is a very important leaker. >> reporter: 57-year-old james wolfe from the senate intelligence committee was arrested for lying to federal agents during the investigation into the leaking of classified information. acording to a federal indictment. he lied t...

Allegedly lying to agents in unauthorized leaks. james wolfe lied to fbi agents in december about his contacts with three reporters. in some cases, using an encrypted messaging app. wolfe worked under leadership of both parties since 1997. >> the times reports that prosecutors seized years of phone and e-mail records of one of his reporters. the government did not obtain the contents of the e-mails and calls. the reporter allie watkins had been dating wolfe for three years. she denies receiving ...

This is how this investigation began. james wolf was the director of security for the senate intelligence committee, meaning he maintained and safeguarded nonpublic classified sensitive information for the committee and for lawmakers. so the fbi agents first approached him in october, and then it was in december when james wolf sat down for a voluntary interview with the fbi, presented with a questionnaire and asked interview questions and at that time, fbi agents asked james wolf did you have c...

There who believe kim jong-un will never fully give up the nuclear weapons program. they are vital to the regime and to his leadership. dave. >> anna coren live in tokyo. thank you. a long time senate staffer arrested for allegedly lying to federal agents in a probe of unauthorized leaks. 59-year-old james wolfe, the former security director for the committee. he lied about his contacts with three reporters. in some cases, using an encrypted messages app. he worked under leadership of both par...

So right now were at federal court, in baltimore, where we expect james wolfe will appear for his initial appearance at 2:00 p.m. today to face up to those charges. but really, pamela, this is very significant because this shows that the administration, they will in fact prosecute people associated with leaks. in this case, james wolfe charged with lying to federal investigators. and what is also of note here is that part of this investigation, the fbi actually seized some of the records from th...

Information that i could and to do the right thing with it so you could get that scoop before anyone else. i felt like i was part of your excitement and was always very supportive of your career and the tenacity that you exhibited to chase down a good story. according to the court filing, watkins who then worked for buzzfeed wrote a story revealing the identity of an individual who appears to be carter page a foreign policy adviser who previously met with russians. wolfe had access to a classifi...

Freedom of the press. but im also a believer in classified information. has to remain classified. that includes comey and his band of thieves who leak classified information all over the place. so im a very big believer in freedom of the press, but im also a believer that you cannot leak classified information. >> cour justice correspondent i with us in baltimore. how did wolfe pop up on the fbis radar? >> reporter: i know the fbi and justice department has been aggressively pursuing these leaks...

Breaking news, a top staffer on the senate intelligence committee is charged with lying to forward investigators as they probe for leaks of classified information. our justice correspondent jessica schneider is working the story. gue give us the latest details. >> reporter: he was the senate staffer who was in charge of safeguarding that sensitive and classified information. and now charged with lying to the fbi. and when james wolff left the federal courthouse and he was stone faced and silent ...