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he says his agency doesnt share information about ongoing matters. >> lets get right to cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider. this tension between the lawmakers and the inspector general has been going on for a while, but it seems to be escalating. >> its an ongoing battle. were seeing this escalation, between two top democrats, bennie thompson, carolyn maloney, with the dhs ig and now theyre cuesiaccusing the ig of obstruction. is this goes back to the claim that the ig failed ...

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>> much of this investigation played out over last year, when prosecutors say the toby couple, jonathan toby, a navy nuclear engineer, and his wife, reached out to a foreign embassy, a foreign country, to try to sell nuclear secrets. the agreement they were looking for was that they would steal nuclear secrets, according to prosecutors, and exchange them for tens of thousands of dollars of cryptocurrency. that country quickly reached out to the united states, which turned this investigation over...

The sentencing agreements. jonathan toby had agreed to 12 to 18 years in jail and his wife agreed to three years in jail. she made it clear she viewed that as too lenient. a short time later the defense lawyers and their clients came back and said they would withdraw their guilty pleas and instead it looks like this is heading to trial. so victor, where we thought we went into today heading for a sentencing for jonathan toby and his wife who have been accused of trying to hide the secrets and se...

A sentencing hearing is being made for a naval engineer and his wife trying to sell nuclear secrets including inside a peanut butter sandwich. o orren lieberman is following the trial. the judge jektrejected an forev plea deal. >> the federal judge in this case rejected the plea agreements for jonathan toby, a navy nuclear engineer and his wife who both pleaded guilty to trying to sell u.s. nuclear secrets to a third country, a country that is not named publicly. she viewed the sentencing guidel...

The former navy nuclear engineer has pleaded guilty to trying to sell closely guarded information about u.s. submarines to another country. you can remember this story. prosecutors said he hid memory cards with information about nuclear-powered subrones in a pack of gum, band-aid wrappers, even a peanut butter sandwich. nbcs ken delaney is following this case. what coined of sentence is this former engineer at and whats the latest on his wife who was also arrested and pleaded not guilty? >> repo...

Suggests their target was not an adversary like russia or china. the fbi ran a sting operation, paying jonathan toby $100,000 in cryptocurrency for secret information about american nuclear subs in the exchanges, he asked for a total of $5 million for all the data he said he collected quietly over his years of working as a navy nuclear expert. whether the only motivation money remains to be seen. jonathan was a nuclear physicist who could have made a good salary in the private sector. diana had ...

Belonging to gabby, brian is only considered a person of interest in relation to gabby petitos demise. at this time, brian is still missing and when he is located we will address the pending fraud charges against him. and, hallie, were in week four of that search for brian laundrie. >> thats right. dasha burns, thank you so much for that update. in other news this afternoon, the so-called sandwich spies will stay behind bars, were learning, after finishing a first court appearance. jonathan an...

Included pro-black lives matter and anti-trump posts. diana was a popular teacher in your book advisor. "there is only one other person i know is aware of our special relationship, and i trust that person absolutely." toby said he gathered the file slowly over time to avoid suspicion, adding u.s. security forces are "lazy and have limited budgets and unlikely to recognize him as an insider threats." >> bret: thank you. up next, china gets a boost in its campaign to bring taiwan back into its fol...

Brian laundrie. petitos parents braced themselves for the next part of the journey, getting their daughters remains back to new york. >> bret: thank you. and a b engineer and his wife accused in a plot to sell u.s. nuclear secrets to a former government will remain in custody and be back in court friday for a detention hearing. both will receive public defenders. they face life in prison and are considered flight risks. national security correspondent jennifer griffin looks at the case against t...