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Feds collected records of dozens of congressional staff, multiple reporters in Trump-era leak probes, watchdog reveals

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A report by the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General focused on leak investigations.

The report said the department failed to follow department policy and ignored some established protections when seeking records from members of Congress and members of the media.

The data mostly included metadata about emails and phone calls, and did not contain the content of the communications.