John Demers' resignation, which comes as Attorney General Garland looks to overhaul procedures for obtaining lawmakers' records, is unrelated to the controversy, an official said.
in an effort to identify sources for national security stories published during the Trump administration.
Garland and Schiff on Monday spoke about his phone records being seized. In a statement, Schiff said he is "pleased" Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco "recognize the importance of the issues at stake and have given their commitment to an independent IG investigation.
The conversation followed Democratic grumbling that they heard first from Apple and not the Biden administration that their records had been secretly obtained during the Trump administration. "We need a thorough accounting to answer the many questions about how and why the Department of Justice subpoenaed records related to members of Congress, their staff, and journalists," Schiff said."[P]olitical or other improper considerations must play no role in any investigative or prosecutorial decisions," he said.
"I have instructed the deputy attorney general, who is already working on surfacing potentially problematic matters deserving high level review, to evaluate and strengthen the department’s existing policies and procedures for obtaining records of the Legislative branch," Garland said.
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