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The U.S. House Judiciary Committee is seeking more details in its investigation of an Atlanta federal judge accused of misconduct that included having sex with a high-ranking Atlanta police officer in her chambers and attending a campaign event for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.

In a letter obtained by the AJC on Tuesday, the committee sought details of the allegations and associated private reprimand against U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross, saying its members are “concerned about the egregious nature” of her conduct.

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee is renewing a May request to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz to hand over all records on migrants accused of crimes who have received “preferential treatment” by her office as a result of so-called “sanctuary” policies.

Katz’s office was asked to hand over the records by June 10, but had claimed 10th Amendment protections in order to ignore the request, according to a Monday letter from Judiciary Committee leaders obtained by The Post.

In a letter obtained by 7News, Republican Congressmen Jim Jordan and Tom McClintock of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee explained that Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano is withholding information requested by the committee.

Right now, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee is investigating Descano for his alleged preferential treatment toward illegal immigrant defendants and criminals.

The two House committees probing how 6,600 non-citizens ended up on New Jersey voter rolls asked the software vendor that administers the state’s system on Tuesday to turn over all documents and communications related to the alleged software errors that allowed ineligible voters to be registered. 

Republican leadership of the House Administration and Judiciary Committees conveyed their demands to the software company IDEMIA North America on Tuesday, according to a letter Just the News reviewed.