DOJ National Security chief John Demers to step down amid leak probe furor
By BETSY WOODRUFF SWAN and JOSH GERSTEIN 06/14/2021 12:09 PM EDT
The chief of the Justice Department’s National Security Division is set to leave the department by the end of this month, a source familiar with his plans confirmed to POLITICO.
John Demers, who has headed the division since February 2018, will be the last Senate-confirmed Trump appointee to leave DOJ. While he focused on combating Chinese intellectual property theft and espionage, his departure comes as the department draws scorching criticism for seizing reporters’ phone records as part of an investigation into leaks during the Trump administration.
In recent days, news reports have also revealed that DOJ obtained a subpoena that required Apple to produce phone records belonging to two prominent Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee.
In a statement Monday, Attorney General Merrick Garland expressed concern about prosecutors’ demands for lawmakers’ information and acknowledged the sensitive issues raised by such probes into the legislative branch.
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