Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) even seized records and subpoenaed Apple accounts of White House counsel Don McGahn.<\/b>
\nThough the efforts were reportedly unsuccessful, they are reminders of the deep distrust within the last administration \u2014 none more so than the reports on Sunday that the DOJ seized the records of White House counsel Don McGahn, the man responsible for overseeing the legal issues of the president. McGahn and his wife, Shannon, were reportedly informed by Apple last month that the FBI had subpoenaed their accounts. In response to yet another abuse of power within the Trump administration, Democrats are requesting that former attorneys general Jeff Sessions and William Barr testify before Congress to explain the unprecedented subpoenas of sitting representatives and the top White House attorney. (Already, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco has requested that the DOJ\u2019s inspector general investigate the matter.) On Sunday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the DOJ\u2019s actions under Trump go \u201ceven beyond Richard Nixon\u201d and called for Barr, Sessions, and former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to testify before Congress, though she did not say if the House Intelligence or Judiciary committees would compel their testimony. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that if the former officials would not testify, they would be subpoenaed themselves. \u201cThis was nothing less than a gross abuse of power, an assault on the separation of powers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n