As donald trump railed geshs the critics in congress and lobbed unfounded attacks against them for leaking damaging information about him the doj hunted democratic members of the intelligence committee s phone and email records and those of staff and family. in an unprecedented leak investigation. the new york times citing two officials and others briefed reporting as the justice department investigated who was behind leaks of classified information the r it took a highly unusual step, subpoenaing apple for data from the accounts of at least two democrats on the house intelligence committee. one of them was a minor. all told the records of at least a dozen people tied to the committee were seized in 2017 and 18 including those of representative schiff of california then the top democrat and now the chairman.