Political Glance
The Justice Department during Donald Trump’s first term failed to comply with its own procedures when it sought journalists’ phone and email records in leak investigations, according to a DOJ watchdog report released Tuesday.
And the department never conducted any high-level review as it swept up the records of 43 congressional staffers and two Democratic House members, the report found.
DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz said he also found no evidence that federal prosecutors got express approval from then-Attorney General Bill Barr or told federal courts that the subpoenas were for records of lawmakers and their aides, despite the potential for the probes to intrude on legitimate oversight efforts by Congress.
Manhattan prosecutors urged a New York criminal court to keep 
