Rep. Jordan Subpoenas AG Garland Over DOJ’s Alleged Congressional Staff Surveillance

It comes after reports emerged that the DOJ had allegedly used grand jury subpoenas to secretly access the personal information of multiple House staffers.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) speaks to the press after coming out of the Hunter Biden special counsel David Weiss’s closed-door testimony to the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on Nov. 7, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, subpoenaed Attorney General Merrick Garland on Dec. 19 for information on the Department of Justice’s alleged attempts to surveil members of Congress and their staff in 2017.

In a letter to Mr. Garland, the Republican lawmaker asked for all DOJ documents related to the alleged requests for communications and the department’s use of legal process to obtain the private communications.