The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog said on Tuesday that prosecutors' decision to subpoena phone and email records from members of Congress and their staff during president-elect Donald Trump's first term risked a chilling effect on congressional oversight.

The Justice Department's internal watchdog found no evidence of political motivation by federal prosecutors who subpoenaed the communication records of two Democratic members of Congress, congressional staffers as well as reporters as part of leak investigations during the first Trump administration.

A top government watchdog raised concerns over the handling of leak investigations during the first Trump administration that targeted members of Congress and the media.

A Justice Department inspector general report raised concerns about the ways in which prosecutors in the first Trump administration seized records.

During leak investigations, Trump's DOJ obtained phone and email records of two House Democrats and dozens of congressional staffers.

The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog said on Tuesday that prosecutors' decision to subpoena records from members of Congress and their staff during President-elect Donald Trump's first term risked a chilling effect on congressional oversight.

The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog said on Tuesday that prosecutors' decision to subpoena phone and email records from members of Congress and their staff during President-elect Donald Trump's first term risked a chilling effect on congressional oversight.

A DOJ inspector general report reveals new details on the scope the Trump administration’s efforts to obtain communication records of members of Congress, their staff and reporters. NBC News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent Ken Dilanian reports.

The Justice Department under the Trump administration in 2017 and 2018 secretly collected phone and text message logs from 43 Congressional staffers and two members of Congress during an investigation