Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein threatened to subpoena emails and phone records of lawmakers and their staffers amid his stonewalling of their efforts to perform oversight of the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to emails obtained by Fox News.
Rosenstein made the threat during a January 2018 closed-door meeting attended by top DOJ and FBI officials as well as House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and three committee staffers, two staffers said in emails reporting Rosenstein’s conduct to the House Office of General Counsel.
