The House Judiciary Committee announced an investigation into the Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday over reports of allegedly spying on staffers for congressional members investigating the agency.
The committee sent letters to Verizon, Alphabet, Apple, T-Mobile, AT&T and the DOJ Tuesday, demanding information on the DOJ’s 2017 subpoenas to cell phone providers demanding the communications of congressional staffers who carried out oversight of the DOJ, according to a post on Twitter. The committee gave a deadline of Nov. 14 to provide the information. (RELATED: Former Prosecutor Says FBI ‘Rolled The Dice For Partisan Reasons,’ Risked National Security In Trump-Russia Probe)
“We now know that they spied on congressional staffers. We want to know how far does it go, were they spying on members? Were they spying on other staffers?” Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio told Fox…
