John Demers was sworn in a few weeks after the subpoena for the Democrats’ recordsThe US Justice Department’s top national security official is resigning after revelations that the department secretly seized records from Democrats and members of the media. John Demers will leave by the end of next week, according to a Justice Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. SponsoredThe resignation comes amid questions about what Demers knew about the department’s efforts to secretly seize the phone data from House Democrats and reporters as part of the aggressive investigations into leaks. Demers, who was sworn in a few weeks after the subpoena for the Democrats’ records, is a Trump appointee who is one of the few still in office. News emerged last week that the Justice Department had secretly subpoenaed Apple for metadata from Adam Schiff, the

Source: The Times June 14, 2021 16:59 UTC