The New York Times, which first reported the subpoenas, said the data of at least a dozen people connected to the committee was seized.
Some of the targets were committee aides and family members, including a minor, the sources told CBS News.
A House Intelligence Committee official told CBS News that targets of the subpoenas were told by Apple in May that the Justice Department had issued grand jury subpoenas for their information in February 2018. Records were also seized in 2017. The Committee was told in May that the matter had been closed.
The Times said the data obtained from the subpoenas did not show the committee was responsible for the leaks. But it reported that when William Barr became attorney general in 2019, he revived the leak investigations, tasking a prosecutor from New Jersey with investigating Schiff and others. An official familiar with the matter said there did not appear to be similar measures taken for members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and it was not immediately clear whether any Republican members of either committee were subpoenaed. Schiff released a statement Thursday condemning Mr. Trump's efforts to use the Justice Department "as a cudgel against his political opponents and members of the media.
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