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Justice department. the title says former u.s. senate employee indicted on false statement charges. the long-time director of security for the senate select committee on intelligence is accused of lying to the fbi about repeated contacts with reporters. james a. wolfe, 58, of ellicott city, maryland was indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts of violating federal law at the time he made the alleged false statements to the fbi. i want to go to congressman adam schiff of california, the r...

This is already an extraordinary case, a 58-year-old, 31 year veteran of the senate staff, a veteran of the senate intelligence committee. someone you would think would have known better than to ever find himself in a position where hes being charged with lying to the fbi about his contacts with reporters. and gene, if he had played it straight with the fbi, he would apparently, according to the justice departments release tonight, be in effect at that moment confessing to crimes, but the troubl...

Is james wolfe a senate staffer on the intelligence committee who you have met? >> i dont know, lawrence. ive been in the senate skiff before and encountered some of the senate staff, but i dont know that person by name. so i really couldnt tell you whether ive met him. >> just for people who dont know how this works, thats a very common situation between house and senate. theres little interaction between the committees and certainly less interaction between the senate committee staff and membe...

These people are now going to be arrested for that, as weve seen tonight. so its a big message, and i think that people on my beat, on allys beat now will be possibly very cautious going forward. i think this could have a chilling effect. >> the "new york times" reporter involved, ally watkins who has been a reporter at other news organizations prior to the "new york times," shes the one subject to this subpoena at the "new york times." and the justice department release on this says that james ...

Justice reporter julia ainsley, breaking the story about the 31 year staffer being indicted tonight by the fbi. what do you know at this point? we know the name of the staffer is james wolfe, senate intelligence committee, he was in charge of maintaining the security and secrecy of documents on the committee. hes charged now with lying repeatedly to fbi agents in december of 2017 about repeated contacts with three reporters, including through his use of encrypted messaging applications? >> repor...

Him. that is probably what hell ask president trump to do. >> shannon: unless something changes, its next week, well be watching closely. general, thank you very much. well have extended coverage next week. hopefully youll join us for that. this is a fox news alert. the fbi has made an arrest in a long-running leak investigation. you know, they promised to do this. the attorney general and president. the former director of security for the senate intelligence committee who was to handle or class...