good to be back. it s great to you have here. do you remember the name brandan van grek? as i have memorable name. if not, the circumstance of which you first heard it? but if you are like me and the first time you heard the name brandon van grabbing is the first time you heard the word he is spee naj formerly associated with the presidency of donald trump. espionage as in the espionage act, not just spy movie stuff, as in u.s. law. we were only about four months in to the trump administration when the new york times was first to report that the then brand new trump administration had made a very unusual hiring decision that ultimately implicated the work of a veteran espionage prosecutor at the u.s. department of justice. it was very early on. may 2017. you think about that for a second, trump was inaugurated at the end of january. this was less than four months later in may of that year, less than four months into his presidency, we learned of the new york times
all a very, very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. let s do at home joining us this hour. it s great to have you here. do you remember the name brandon van grack? it s a very memorable name, so you might remember the sound of it. if not, the circumstance in which you first heard it. but if you are like me, in all likelihood, the first time you heard the name brandon van grack, it was the first time you heard the word, espionage, formerly associated with the presidency of donald trump. espionage as in the espionage act, as it not just spy movie stuff but as in u.s. law. but we are only about four months in to the u.s. trump administration in the new york times first reported that the then brand new trump administration had made a very unusual hiring decision that ultimately implicated the work of a veteran espionage prosecutor at the u.s. department of justice.
warrant as part of an investigation that is not over now that they ve got the stuff that is pointing in the end towards possible criminal charges towards whoever is responsible for this breach? was the search warrant just to get the stuff or was the search warrant to lead to a potential criminal case? and filing tonight in federal court, the justice department explains that it is the latter, that it is not over, now that they ve got and snatch back all the classified a top secret information that the former president inexplicably had stashed in his basement. tonight in a filing explaining to the court why the justice department doesn t want to release further information about this case at the time, the justice department says in this filing that the search warrant wasn t the end of it, that it s just part of an ongoing investigation. the use that term repeatedly. quote here the government has a compelling, overriding interest in preserving the integrity of an ongoing criminal investig
of an investigation? that is not over now that they got the stuff. that is pointing in the end toward possible criminal charges for whoever is responsible for this breach. which is it? the search warrant just to get the stuff or to lead to a potential criminal case? well in, a filing tonight in federal court, the justice department explains that it s the latter. that it is not over. now that they ve gone and snatched back all the classified and top secret information that the former president inexplicably had stashed in his basement. tonight in a filing explaining why the justice department doesn t want to release further information about this case at this time, the justice department says in this filing that the search warrant wasn t the end of it. that it s just part of an on going investigation. they use that term repeatedly. here the government has a compelling overriding interest in preserving the integrity of an on going criminal investigation.
case. in a filing tonight, in federal court, the justice department explains that it s the latter. that it is not over. now that they ve gone and snatched back all of the classified and top secret information that the former president inexplicably had stashed in his basement. in a report why the justice department doesn t want to release further information about the case at this point, the search warrant wasn t the end of it, it is part of an ongoing investigation, and they used that term repeatedly. quote here the government has a compelling overriding interest in preserving the integrity of an ongoing criminal investigation. quote, disclosure at this juncture of the affidavit supporting probable cause would cause significant and irreparable damage to this ongoing criminal investigation. quote if disclosed, the affidavit would serve as a road map for the government s ongoing investigation providing specific details about its direction and likely course and in a manner that is highly