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"If at any time as the investigation proceeds action related to the matter in question is warranted, I will not hesitate to move swiftly."Garland said that while the review from the Justice Department's internal watchdog is pending, he has 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," the attorney general said.Sources confirmed to CBS News last week that federal prosecutors under the Trump administration subpoenaed Apple in 2017 and 2018 for data from the accounts of two Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, current Chairman Adam Schiff and Congressman Eric Swalwell, both of California, as part of a probe into leaks of classified information.
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