前总统的检察官唐纳德·特朗普据美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)与四名知情人士证实，美国司法部传唤苹果公司获取至少两名在众议院情报委员会任职的民主党人以及助手和他们的家人的数据，其中一人是未成年人。
一名众议院情报委员会官员向美国广播公司证实，苹果公司上个月通知了大约12名与该委员会有关联的人，DOJ在2018年2月发出了大陪审团传票，要求他们提供信息和元数据。
故事是这样的首次报告纽约时报。
委员会在5月份被告知此事已经结束。然而，一名众议院情报委员会官员说，DOJ没有提供传票是否只针对民主党的信息。
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2021年6月5日，前总统唐纳德·特朗普在北卡罗来纳州格林维尔的全国共和党州大会上发表讲话。
众议院情报委员会主席亚当·希夫(Adam Schiff)是民主党人之一，他的记录在这次调查中被没收，他在报道后于周四晚上呼吁监察长进行调查。
希夫在一份声明中说:“特朗普总统一再公然要求司法部履行他的政治意愿，并试图利用司法部作为打击他的政治对手和媒体成员的棍棒。”“越来越明显的是，这些要求没有被置若罔闻。该部的政治化和对法治的攻击是前总统对我国民主最危险的攻击之一。”
他补充说:“虽然我们在5月份被司法部告知调查已经结束，但我认为还需要更多的答案，这就是为什么我认为监察长应该调查这个案件以及其他表明腐败总统将执法武器化的案件。”
委员会共和党人的一名发言人没有回答关于该小组的共和党成员是否也是类似的目标或通知的问题。
众议院情报委员会(House Intelligence Committee)的另一名成员、加利福尼亚州众议员埃里克·斯威尔(Eric Swalwell)告诉CNN主持人唐·莱蒙(Don Lemon)，他是特朗普司法部(Trump Justice Department)通过苹果(Apple)针对的第二位民主党议员。
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在这个星期二，2020年3月3日，档案照片，众议院情报委员会主席亚当·希夫
“唐，苹果公司通知我，他们确实没收了我的记录，”斯威尔告诉CNN。“这是不对的。他们就是这么做的。他们抹黑并试图清除。我们已经通过唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)在司法部看到了这一点，无论这是他当时因试图追捕副总统拜登而被弹劾的原因，还是只是其他努力，你知道，通过穆勒调查。我支持希夫主席关于监察长的呼吁。”
根据多个消息来源，司法部对苹果公司的禁令今年到期，所以立法者不知道他们正在接受调查，直到苹果公司上个月通知他们。苹果拒绝对美国广播公司新闻发表评论。
据一位知情人士透露，苹果只提供了元数据和账户信息，没有照片、电子邮件或其他内容。
Trump's Justice Department seized data of House Democrats from Apple: Sources
Prosecutors with former PresidentDonald Trump's Justice Department subpoenaed Apple for data from at least two Democrats who served on the House Intelligence Committee, as well as aides and their family members, one of whom was a minor, ABC News confirmed with four sources familiar with the investigation.
A House Intelligence Committee official confirmed to ABC News that Apple notified roughly a dozen people associated with the committee just last month that the DOJ issued grand jury subpoenas for their information and metadata in February 2018.
The story wasfirst reportedby The New York Times.
The committee was told in May that the matter had been closed. However, a House Intelligence committee official said the DOJ has not provided information on whether the subpoenas only targeted Democrats.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, one of the Democrats whose records were seized as part of this investigation, called for an inspector general investigation Thursday evening following the reports.
"President Trump repeatedly and flagrantly demanded that the Department of Justice carry out his political will, and tried to use the Department as a cudgel against his political opponents and members of the media," Schiff said in a statement. "It is increasingly apparent that those demands did not fall on deaf ears. The politicization of the Department and the attacks on the rule of law are among the most dangerous assaults on our democracy carried out by the former President."
"Though we were informed by the Department in May that this investigation is closed, I believe more answers are needed, which is why I believe the Inspector General should investigate this and other cases that suggest the weaponization of law enforcement by a corrupt president," he added.
A spokesman for committee Republicans did not respond to questions about whether GOP members of the panel were similarly targeted or notified.
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., another member of the House Intelligence Committee, told CNN host Don Lemon that he was the second Democratic lawmaker targeted by the Trump Justice Department via Apple.
"I was notified, Don, by Apple that they did seize my records," Swalwell told CNN. "It's wrong. In is what they do. They smear and they try to clear. We have seen this through the justice department by Donald Trump, whether it was the reason he was impeached for trying to go after vice president Biden at the time, or just other efforts, you know, through the Mueller investigation. And I support chairman Schiff's call for an inspector general."
The Justice Department secured a gag order on Apple that expired this year, so lawmakers did not know they were being investigated until Apple informed them last month, according to multiple sources. Apple declined to comment to ABC News.
Apple turned over only metadata and account information, not photos, emails or other content, according to one person familiar with the inquiry.
