attorneys are calling for a mistrial because they weren t notified of the connection sooner. let s bring in nbc s pete williams. an interesting development to say the least in this trial. what do the new filings tell us about mateen s father sadiq and what could it mean for the course of this trial? what you said, that he was an informant from january 2005 until june of 2016. the fbi says that after the shooting agents searched the father s house and found receipts for transfers of money to turkey and afghanistan and then decided to open an investigation on him. so what the defense lawyers say, and this is the only trial to come from the pulse nightclub shooting, omar mateen s widow, lied to the fbi. they say she helped him case it, buy ammunition.
mistake during dylann roof s background check, a mistake he said quote rips all of our hearts out. according to law enforcement officials, within days after the shooting agents on the ground knew something was amiss and suspected that roof s arrest record should have prohibited the gun purchase. it just shows how a bureaucratic mistake can cost human life. reporter: director comey says the fbi examiner during roof s background check didn t discover roof had previously admitted to illegally possessing drugs when he was arrested in late february. that information would have prevented roof from passing the background check. there s a regulation that says if he was a drug user he shouldn t have got a gun. and there was abundant information for the fbi to have had that information. had they had it, no gun sale and possibly no shooting here. reporter: comey says the fbi examiner failed to make contact with the columbia south carolina police department which arrested roof on the felon
able to buy the 45 caliber gun used in the slaughter. that admission coming from fbi director james comy who told reporters his bureau made a mistake during dylann roof s background check and he says that rips all of our hearts out. according to law enforcement days after the shooting agents on the ground new something was amiss and suspected that roof s arrest record should have prohibited the gun purchase. it just shows how a bureaucratic mistake can cost human life. reporter: they didn t discover roof had previously admitted to illegally possessing drugs when he was arrested in late february. that information would have prevented roof from passing the background check. there s a regulation that says if he was a drug user, he shouldn t have got a gun and there was a abundant information for the fbi to have had that information. had they had it, no gun sale and possibly no shooting here.
within days after the shooting agents on the ground knew something was amiss and suspected that roof s arrest record should have prohibited the gun purchase. it just shows how a bureaucratic mistake can cost human life. director comey says the fbi examiner during roof s background check didn t discover roof had previously admitted to illegally possessing drugs when he was arrested in late february. that information would have prevented roof from passing the background check. there s a regulation that says if he was a drug user he shouldn t have got a gun. there was abundant information for the fbi to have had that information. had they had it no gun sale and possibly no shooting here. comey says the fbi investigator failed to make contact with the police department which arrested roof on the dug charge, in part because of a clerical error that listed the wrong police department in the online court system. after three days of waiting for the background check, the south
he says this was a mistake. they are all sick that it happened. the man who confessed to gunning down nine people inside a south carolina church should never have been able to buy the .45 caliber gun used in the slaughter. that emission coming from fbi. they made a mistake during his background check. according to law enforcement officials, within days after the shooting agents on the ground knew something was amiss and suspected that his arrest record should have prohibited the gun purchase. that just shows how a bureaucratic mistake can cost human life. reporter: the director says the fbi examiner during his background check didn t discover he had previously admitted to illegally possessing drugs when he was arrested in late february. that would have permitted him from passing the background check. there is a revel ligsation that