Jim Jordan Subpoenas Merrick Garland Over DOJ's Surveillance of Congressional Staff

The subpoena follows an initial request regarding a 2017 DOJ subpoena to Google, with the DOJ claiming the surveillance was part of a leak investigation.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has issued a subpoena to Attorney General Merrick Garland, demanding all documents related to the Department of Justice's (DOJ) surveillance of congressional staff during the Trump Administration.
The subpoena follows an initial request from Jordan regarding a 2017 subpoena to Google from the DOJ, which sought information on a former staffer for the Senate Judiciary Committee and other staffers.
The DOJ claimed that the communications were pursued as part of an investigation into a leak of classified information, initiated after a referral for criminal investigation was made by a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community.
The DOJ's investigation resulted in a single conviction when James Wolfe, the director of security for the Senate Intelligence Committee, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and was sentenced to two months in prison.
The DOJ has since attempted to implement new policies regarding future subpoenas of members of Congress, their staff, and correspondence between congressional staff and reporters.