cornerback, breaking his silence on social media, writing in part, i m deeply remorseful for my actions tuesday night. i behaved in a manner i m not proud of. the importance of mental and emotional health is extremely real, and i vow to get the help i need. david, tonight his wife saying she is committed to helping him get the support he needs. in the meantime, the lawyer say he is investigating all the charges, adding he looks forward to vigorously defending him in court. kayna, thank you. next to the alleged plot to bottom democratic headquarters in san francisco. prosecutors revealing charges against two men accused of planning to blow up the building, recovering weapons. authorities say they were driven by the false claims over the election, and they say those lies remain a danger. here s our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight. reporter: tonight, the justice department indicting two men on charges they were plotting to blow up california democratic headquarters
thank you, kaylee. in washington tonight, the justice department inspector general launching an investigation into whether the trump justice department went after some democrats and their phone records. the secret subpoena to apple to get phone data from some key house members and their families, including a minor. reportedly no data requested on republicans. here s our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight. reporter: tonight, the justice department inspector general launching an investigation into whether the trump doj was used as a weapon against the former president s political opponents. i ve actually called the justice department to look into the leaks. those are criminal leaks. reporter: abc news confirming that prosecutors pursued at least one subpoena of apple in 2018 that may have allowed them to obtain data relating to at least two house intelligence committee members eric swalwell and the committee s chairman, adam schiff. according to sources, those re
so-called critical incidents like this within 60 days. david? thank you, kaylee. in washington tonight, the justice department inspector general launching an investigation into whether the trump justice department went after some democrats and their phone records. the secret subpoena to app toll get phone data from some key house members and their families, including a minor. reportedly no data requested on republicans. here s our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight. reporter: tonight, the justice department inspector general launching an investigation into whether the trump doj was used as a weapon against the former president s political opponents. i ve actually called the justice department to look into the leaks. those are criminal leaks. reporter: abc news confirming that prosecutors pursued at least one subpoena of apple in 2018 that may have allowed them to obtain data relating to at least two house intelligence committee members eric swalwell and the c
humvee caught fire. fire crews found four five-gallon gas containers in the back. today, we haven t seen the kind of panic buying we saw yesterday, but there are still issues. while this gas station has gas, take a look at this just across the street. zeros on that sign. no gas. and with memorial day weekend coming up, time is of the essence to get all stations up and running. though the colonial pipeline remains open, it may still be a headache, a chore, to find gas stations with fuel for the next one to two weeks. reporter: and david, on the issue of price gouging, the attorney general here in georgia is now investigating nearly 500 allegations related to price gouging. david? gio benitez back with us tonight. gio, thank you. as i mentioned just a moment ago here, colonial pipeline, it s been reported, paying ransom to that hacking group believed to be based in russia, first reported by bloomberg. and i want to bring in our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight, w
ransom was paid by colonial in the low millions? reporter: david, we re still so these ransomware attacks are complicated and can sometimes involve third parties. but i ve been told by sources that the ransom demanded was in the low millions of dollars in the attack, launched by a gang using software developed by darkside, a group of hackers based in russia. david, this is a stunning reminder of how vulnerable u.s. companies are to such hacks and the limitations of the federal government to control how companies maintain their security and respond to such attacks. we know the fbi s position was that the ransom should not be paid, david. opening up a new round of questions on this. pierre thomas tonight. pierre, thank you. overseas tonight, the battle between israel and hamas escalating and we have just learned that the israeli military has ground troops in the gaza strip now, after calling up 9,000 more military reserves. until now, israel mainly striking gaza from the air. tar