politicians. joining us, the reporter who broke the news today. thanks for being here. congratulations on the scoop. >> thanks for having me. >> do we know when this investigation began? >> we don't know exactly when it began. i sort of suspect it began after my colleagues back in september reported on this possible scheme that louis dejoy was involved in, essentially reimbursing his employees for political donations. at least that's what a couple of them alleged to us. what happens a lot of times is the justice department seized public reporting of a straw donor scheme. we have seen this in many other cases, say, we do want to look at this. but we do know in the last couple of weeks the fbi wanted to take this thing over. they wanted to talk to witnesses in the world who could tell their friends or reporters what happened, and that led to dejoy