Brian Ross Investigates

Investigative journalists revealing wrongdoing: from an undercover assignment in a private prison to an investigation exposing the felons working as rural Alaska's police officers. Plus, the New York Times lawyer who stood up to President Trump.

A Florida mayor defends paying a $460,000 ransom to recover his city's files after a cyberattack. Brian Ross speaks with the mayor of Lake City along with cybersecurity expert Rob Knake. Plus, the tragic story of a popular Los Angeles Angels baseball player Tyler Skaggs found dead with opioids and liquor in his system. Los Angeles Times sportswriter Bill Shaikin joins Brian to discuss whether Major League Baseball has another drug scandal on its hands.

Dramatic, new revelations in the sex trafficking case against a self-proclaimed Apostle who runs a church which claims five million members and congregations in all 50 states. Plus, more on those US Navy videos on what officials now confirm are 'unidentified aerial phenomena.' The debate over UFOs just got a lot hotter.

Brian talks with two female lawyers who say the #metoo movement has gone too far. Plus, a close look at a gaping security vulnerability. The suspected attack by Iran on the Saudi Arabian oil complex revealed that the US anti-aircraft defense systems deployed there were unable to stop the 18 drones which officials said had precision accuracy.

New details on a 34-year old mystery that has captivated the nation: the disappearance of former Teamsters Union boss, Jimmy Hoffa. Brian is joined by Jack Goldsmith, a former senior Justice Department official and now a Harvard law professor, who has spent years trying to clear the name of his own step-father, Chuckie O'Brien, who was a key suspect in the case. Goldsmith's book, In the Shadow of Hoffa, was published just this week.

The mystery of Rudolph Giuliani's 'last hurrah' as President Trump's lawyer under criminal investigation by the same U.S. Attorney's office he once ran when he went after the Mafia and Wall Street crooks. Plus, how did tens of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars meant to help American farmers end up at a company owned by two Brazilian brothers linked to a massive corruption scheme?

Two Americans who worked for one of the world's richest royal families come forward to tell Brian about a powerful Arab sheik and tales of drugs, prostitutes and murder plots. Plus, a shout out for the Iowa newspaper editor whose paper faced financial ruin for running an investigative report about the activities of a local police officer.

New developments in the case of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, kidnapped in Iran 12 years ago. His family says there is new reason to hope he may yet come home alive. The family's lawsuit against the government of Iran is scheduled to begin in Washington on December 4th. Brian is joined by Levinson's son Dan and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barry Meier, author of the book Missing Man.

A special encore edition highlighting the work of four impressive investigative journalists, a TV expos, in Minnesota about sex trafficking, a small town newspaper in Iowa threatened with financial ruin, an intrepid group of reporters in Puerto Rico who helped force the governor out of office, and a courageous journalist in Ukraine standing up to Russia and her own government.