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The Trump administration spied on journalists. The Biden administration defended it. On Friday, Devlin Barrett, a reporter at the New Yorker). The records in question covered a period between April and July 2017, during which time Nakashima, Miller, and Entous collaborated on storiesabout Russian interference in the 2016 election. The Justice Department only notified the reporters of its actions last week; it said that it also obtained a court order to get their email records, but did not follow through. The Justice Department stressed that it was investigating leaks to the reporters, not th...

Secretly seized emails and phone records from reporter ali watkin. they said the information seized predated her work there back when she was at buzzfeed, and that "fbi agents approached watkins seeking information about a previous three-year romantic relationship with james a wolfe. the senate intelligence committee's former director security. they were investigating unauthorized leaks. he's got a court hearing tomorrow. we'll follow it. the data set for the release of the long the long-awaited inspector general report on the fbi's handling of the hillary clinton email investigation. chief in...

>> martha: so just a short time ago the former senate staffer arrested for lying to federal investigators about leaking sensitive information to the press made his first appearance in court. the indictment is drawing the ire of many in the media tonight slamming the department of justice for "government overreach." while citing this case as an example of, "trump aggression against reporters and sources." the president had this to say. >> president trump: i'm a big, big believer in freedom of the press. but i'm also a believer in classified information. it has to remain classified. that include...

Wolfe former staffer in charge of securing highly classified information to include the top secret documents. you mentioned wolfe made his first court appearance today facing three counts of lying to federal investigators. violation of 18 usc 1001. this morning president trump said he is convinced the justice department was track down a major breach. >> president trump: it happened last night. it could be a terrific thing. i believe strongly in freedom of the press. >> the indictment does not accuse him of leaking information. he's accused of making false statements to f.b.i. agents about his ...

Using signal and what's app. in one text wolfe writes, "i always tried to give you as much information that i could so you would get that scoop before anyone else. i felt like i was part of your excitement." watkins has apparently denied wolfe was a source for classified information while the two were dating. this now brings together two principles. reporter's first amendment rights and the government's need to preserve and protect classified information. >> martha: thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> martha: now, andrew mccarthy, former prosecutor and national review contributing edito...