U.S._ House Judiciary Committee launches probe into DOJ’s attempts to spy on Congress

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House Judiciary Committee launches probe into DOJ’s attempts to spy on Congress

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, House Judiciary chairman and staunch ally of Donald Trump, meets with reporters about his struggle to become speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) more >


By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times - Updated: 7:51 p.m. on Tuesday, October 31, 2023


The House Judiciary Committee has launched an inquiry into the Justice Department’s attempt to surveil members of Congress through their private digital communications.

Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican and the panel chairman, sent letters Tuesday to the chief executive officers of Alphabet, Apple, AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon and to Attorney General Merrick Garland announcing the investigation and demanding documents and materials related to the matter.

On Oct. 19, Google notified the former chief investigative counsel to Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, that the Justice Department had subpoenaed Google in 2017.

The request for the staffer’s personal phone records and emails came while the Senate Judiciary Committee, then chaired by Mr. Grassley, was investigating the Department’s handling of the Christopher Steele dossier.

That now-debunked 2016 memo, paid for by Democratic political campaigns, contained salacious and unverified allegations tying former President Donald Trump to Russia.

In that same period, a wiretapped phone call between incoming Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak first surfaced, which was considered a leak of classified information.

The Senate Judiciary Committee called for answers from the Justice Department about the Flynn investigation and the leak.

The Washington Times reached out to the Justice Department but did not immediately hear back.

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