Justice Dept. IG to Probe Data Seizure From House Dems

The Justice Department's inspector general has agreed to probe how the department handled a leak investigation during the Trump administration that included a subpoena for metadata of some lawmakers, staff, and family members, CNN is reporting.

The news network had reported that the action came after Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco had requested the investigation. CNN said the IG's office announced the probe on Friday.

The New York Times said that prosecutors in the Justice Department under former President Donald Trump seized data from Apple from two Democrat lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee,

Subpoenas for the communications metadata targeted Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a Trump foe who was then the panel's top Democrat and now its chairman, the paper said, according to an AFP report.

The record seizures were made in 2017 and early 2018 when the department investigated leaks of classified material regarding contacts between the Trump administration and the Russian government, The Times reported.