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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan announced a subpoena Tuesday for the case files of migrant children accused of vicious crimes in the U.S. after the Biden administration hid key information from the committee in files it did turn over.

After months of negotiations, Health and Human Services allowed committee investigators to look at the case files in a secret review. But when the investigators showed up, they found that HHS had redacted critical details, including how the children were smuggled to the U.S. and whether they had tattoos, which can be an indicator of prior gang affiliation.

Mr. Jordan said those redactions aren’t based on any legal authority and seem intended to thwart his investigations.

“The case file materials are not classified or otherwise restricted and no case law, statute, recognized privilege, or other legal principle exempts them from review as part of the committee’s legitimate congressional oversight,” the Ohio Republican wrote.