House Democrats seek records from Justice Department on data seizures in leak probes

Washington — Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee asked the Justice Department on Thursday to turn over a trove of records related to secret subpoenas issued by the Trump administration to obtain communications data from lawmakers and reporters.

The committee announced last week it opened an investigation into the efforts by the department under the previous administration to obtain the data as part of a probe into the leaks of classified information about contacts between then-President Donald Trump's aides and Russia.  The request to Attorney General Merrick Garland for documents is the first issued as part of that probe. The committee is also seeking a briefing from the Justice Department by June 25.