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We investigate what it means for the signature event of donald trump's predecessor. can a farmer be banned from selling his goods because he won't condone same-sex weddings in his orchard. tonight, james will, former director of security for the senate intelligence committee walks past cameras after his first day in court charged with lying to federal investigators about his contact with reporters some of whom were reporting heavily on the russia investigation one of whom was in a romantic relationship with him. catherine herridge is here with the latest. >> reporter: the fbi arrested james wi...

Ban band of thieves who leak classified information all over the place. so i'm a very big believer in freedom of the press, but i'm also a believer that you cannot leak classified information. >> the president talking about the indictment of a former top senate intel committee staffer, raising some new concerns about freedom of press and government tacti tactics. james wolf, the senate panel's security director, accused of lying to federal investigators who are looking into a potential leak of classified information to the media. "the new york times" reporting that prosecutors secretly obtaine...

Good evening to you. >> good evening. >> james wolf is a former security director for the senate intelligence committee for a leak investigation here. and tonight "the new york times" says they were informed by federal investigators, e-mail and phone records of their report had been gone through. what do you think about this story? >> still learning more. obviously you have to shoot straight when you talk to federal investigators. you cannot lie to them. but i also am a little concerned that in this investigation they did seize records of a reporter. and, you know, i know that reporters are no...

>> i believe strongly in freedom of the press. i'm a big, big believer in freedom of the press. but i'm also a believer in classified information. has to remain classified. and that includes comey and his band of thieves who leaked classified information all over the place. so i'm a very big believer in freedom of the press, but i'm also a believer that you cannot leak classified information. >> i want to bring in cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider live for us in baltimore. so tell us about this case, jessica, how did wolf pop up on the fbi's radar? >> well, we know that fbi agents, t...

See the first amendment eroded as president trump would like in this country. >> i'm reading this from "the new york times" article. it says mr. wolf's case led to the first known instance of the justice department going after a person's data under president trump. the seizure disclosed in a letter alley watt kn suggested they'll continue the aggressive tactics employed by president barack obama. we know this president has complained bitterly about leaks, has turned legitimate stories into stories about leaks rather than the substance of the actual story. >> he's also declared the media is the...