moving information potentially from government sources. and there are allegations also involving insider trading in alaska tonight. we first brought you information about the mine itself and its potential impact on spawning salmon grounds. drew griffin has the exclusive details of this latest development. an environmental group has filed an sec complaint asking for an investigation. it alleges that someone in the trump administration had tipped off the mining company that good news was coming their way. here s drew s report. reporter: the pebble mine is controversial because of its potential to pollute pristine rivers, creeks and lakes that feed into bristol bay, where 35 million wild sock eye salmon return to spawn every year. under president obama, the epa in 2014 put a special protection on the sensitive watershed, making it almost impossible for northern dynasty, the mine s canadian parent company, to get a mining permit.
moving information potentially from government sources. and there are allegations also involving insider trading in alaska tonight. we first brought you information about the mine itself and its potential impact on spawning salmon grounds. drew griffin has the exclusive details of this latest development. an environmental group has filed an sec complaint asking for an investigation. it alleges that someone in the trump administration had tipped off the mining company that good news was coming their way. here s drew s report. reporter: the pebble mine is controversial because of its potential to pollute pristine rivers, creeks and lakes that feed into bristol bay, where 35 million wild sock eye salmon return to spawn every year. under president obama, the epa in 2014 put a special protection on the sensitive watershed, making it almost impossible for northern dynasty, the mine s
certainly come under some harsh scrutiny especially especially after the arrest with epstein s federal charges. it s the first television interview with the private investigator who s been tracking epstein for more than a decade. here s drew s report. reporter: homicide detective, worked narcotics. he d seen it all and thought he d retire to an easy life as a private detective in south florida. his first case brought to him by an attorney ten years ago, investigate jeffrey epstein. i started going out and interviewing witnesses that became victims. i was interviewing one after another. three girls turned into four girls, turned into five, six, seven and so on. i couldn t help but think this could have been my daughter or your daughter or my next door neighbor s daughter. reporter: the case is now
sheriff said today he s ordered an internal investigation into his own office s supervision of jeffrey epstein while he was serving time back in 2008 and 2009. to see if any rules were violated. he was granted work release privileges during that time. it s an anger that has come under some harsh scrutiny especially in the light of epstein s arrest on federal sex trafficking charges. he s been denied bail. tonight drew griffin brings to light some new information in the case. it s the first television interview with a private investigator who s been tracking epstein for more than a decade. here s drew s report.
from facebook over the possible misuse of personal facebook data. it says it has done nothing wrong, but drew griffin says the little known firm appears to be at the center of a new type of campaigning weaponizing target messaging. here s drew s report. reporter: they created what they call a database of truth. the ability to collect shopping records, social media connections and voting records to create individual profiles on almost every voter in the united states. and according to chris vickry, used that information to influence voters in a way never seen before. kind of like being able to whisper in somebody s ear any message you want and nobody else is going to find out about it. think of all the things you can do with that ability. reporter: he s director at data risk security firm. it was through his sleuthing