tailored request for phone records. so if they in deed looked for phone records for years or e-mails for years that says they re looking for a long-term pattern of conduct. and they would have had, i expect, significant evidence to lead them to seek such a broad request for that kind of discovery. the justice department report says james wolfe was entrusted to classified and secret and top secret information provided by the executive branch, including the u.s. intelligence community. and it says wolfe is alleged to have lied to fbi agents in december of 2017 about his repeated contacts with three reporters, including through his use of encrypted messaging applications. now the james wolfe, who s been there for 31 years, that may be someone you know. i know the two committees in the house and senate don t have much interactions but occasionally,
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. he s 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? reporter: that s right, lawrence. we also know he s being charged with improperly handling sensitive committee materials. they say this represents a major breach. obviously, though, there are political undertones to all of this. it s a matter of where he is leaking this information and i don t think it can be taken totally in a vacuum considering that tonight the new york
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. he s 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? reporter: that s right, lawrence. we also know he s being charged with improperly handling sensitive committee materials. they say this represents a major breach. obviously, though, there are political undertones to all of this. it s a matter of where he is leaking this information and i don t think it can be taken totally in a vacuum considering
headquarters in new york. this was day 501 of the trump administration, and as we come on the air tonight, we have breaking news on robert mueller s russia investigation yet again. in a new court filing just tonight, the special counsel s team said former trump campaign chairman paul manafort attempted to tamper with potential witnesses while on pretrial release. they are asking a judge to revise manafort s release or revoke it entirely and pick him up. according to the filing, manafort used encrypted messaging applications to try to reach certain individuals. we ll have much more on this story in just a moment. but first, this roller coaster ride of a day for the president, who just after 7:30 this morning touted his 5 hundredth day in office while listing his accomplishments. a quick word on how our count differs from his. we have always included inauguration day as the first day of his presidency.
well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. this was day 501 of the trump administration, and as we come on the air tonight, we have breaking news on robert mueller s russia investigation yet again. in a new court filing just tonight, the special counsel s team said formerrump campaign chairman paul manafort attempted to tamper with potential witnesses whilonl release. they are asking a judge to revise manafort s release or revoke it entirely and pick him up. according to the filing, manafort used encrypted messaging applications to try to reach certain individuals. we ll have much more on this story in just a moment. but first, this roller coaster ride of a day for the president, who just after 7:30 this morning touted his 5 hundredth day in office while listing his accomplishments. a quick word on how our count differs from his. we have always included inauguration day as the first