The topic of the app's launch was on the front page for several hours last week and generated a huge discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44496729
This latest story doesn't seem to carry any "significant new information", which is a critical qualifier for a new HN thread.
The article's topic is the quote by the United States Attorney General on a cable news interview, and even that was made – and reported – last week when the topic was still active on HN. It's a detail in the overall story that has already had major coverage here. If there was an arrest or some other material legal action, that would likely warrant a new thread.
Edit: I updated the comment to remove the incorrect implication that there is any new information in the article at all.