House Judiciary Committee subpoenas AG Garland over DOJ’s attempted surveillance of Congress

The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday for information about the Justice Department’s attempts to spy on members of Congress and congressional staff. In a letter to Mr. Garland, Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican and House Judiciary Committee chairman, said Justice had not complied with the panel’s previous requests for information on those attempts and other surveillance of Republican officials. “It cannot independently determine whether the DOJ sought to alleviate the heightened separation-of-powers sensitivities involved or whether the DOJ first sought the information through other means...