Watchdog Sues for DOJ Records on Surveillance of Congressional Staff

A nonprofit government watchdog wants a federal judge to pull back the curtain on illegal surveillance of Capitol Hill staffers. The group previously submitted five Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for DOJ records concerning the surveillance that began in 2016. The DOJ acknowledged the requests but never provided the documents. A spokesman for the DOJ did not respond to a request for comment. The Empower Oversight group, which filed the lawsuit, is a nonprofit foundation formed and now led by two veteran congressional investigators, Tristan Leavitt and Jason Foster....