investigating news organizations, the justice department under president trump secured a gag order on apple, which expired this year. so lawmakers did not know they were being investigated until apple was able to inform them of that fact last month. after the records provided no proof of leaks, prosecutors in the u.s. attorney's office in d.c. discussed ending that piece of their investigation, but william barr's decision to bring in an outside prosecutor helped keep the case alive. there do not appear to have been similar grand jury subpoenas for records of members or staff of the senate intelligence committee, just the house. spokesman for republicans on the house intelligence committee did not respond to a question about whether republicans were issued subpoenas. the justice department has declined to tell democrats on the committee whether any republicans were investigated. david laufman, a former justice department official, who has worked on leak investigations, tells "the times" tonight, quote, including family members