According to a report from John Solomon over at Just The News, current and former congressional oversight staffers are receiving alerts from Apple and Google alerting them that their phone records and data were obtained via a grand jury subpoena.
From Just The News:
Officials said the seizures were related, in part, to leak investigations stemming from the FBI’s now-discredited Crossfire Hurricane investigation into Russia collusion.
The targeted staffers include people who worked for the Senate Judiciary and House Intelligence committees who have direct oversight responsibility for the FBI and Justice Department, raising concerns that the legislative branch overseers were being monitored by those they oversee in the executive branch.
Hawkeye State Senator Chuck Grassley says this is a “new low” for the Biden DOJ.
“The Justice Department’s secret targeting of congressional investigators is a new low in the agency’s sordid history of abusing its authority to evade accountability,” Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, told Just the News on Monday evening.
“Ever since the botched Crossfire Hurricane investigation came to light, the FBI and Justice Department have gone to great lengths to cover up and distract from their own malfeasance. Their actions only serve to underscore the importance of Congress’ constitutional oversight responsibility. This attack on congressional investigators will not deter us from that duty, and the department must answer for this abuse,” Grassley also said.
More over at Just The News:
Federal prosecutors spied on Congress in search for leaks, now DOJ is being investigated for it | Just The News https://t.co/yhJAL3momJ
— John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) October 24, 2023