Nadler Announces House Probe Into DOJ’s Data Seizures From Lawmakers and Journalists

House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) speaks to reporters in Washington on July 9, 2020. Behind him are Reps. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) and David Cicilline (D-R.I.). Alex Wong/Getty Images

House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said Monday that the panel will launch an investigation into the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) use of secret subpoenas to obtain data on members of Congress and journalists under the Trump administration.

Nadler said in a June 14 statement that, “recent reports suggest that, during the Trump Administration, the Department of Justice used criminal investigations as a pretext to spy on President Trump’s perceived political enemies.”