While the inspector general's investigation proceeds, Garland said Monday, he had instructed Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco to "evaluate and strengthen the department’s existing policies and procedures for obtaining records of the Legislative branch."
"Consistent with our commitment to the rule of law, we must ensure that full weight is accorded to separation-of-powers concerns moving forward," Garland said.
Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, two of former President Donald Trump's most outspoken critics in Congress, confirmed last week that Trump-era Justice Department officials secretly seized their Apple phone data and data from 10 or so other House Intelligence Committee members, their aides and relatives, one of whom is a minor.
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