Jordan, Biggs demand answers from Garland on false arrest of woman in Arizona

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio., and Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., have requested information from Attorney General Merrick Garland about a false arrest of an Arizona resident. 

According to the congressmen, U.S. Marshals Service agents went to a 66-year-old woman's house, drew their guns and asked her to put her hands up. 

They alleged that resident Penny McCarthy violated probation in 1999 after committing nonviolent crimes. 

Both Biggs and Jordan are requesting an inspector general investigation into the incident. 

"We are very concerned at both the USMS's carelessness and the excessive force during this encounter," the congressmen wrote in a letter to Garland. 

"The USMS's lack of regard for Ms. McCarthy's due process rights is very troubling and oversight is necessary to ensure similar abuses do not happen in the future. Part of the stated mission of the Department of Justice (DOJ) OIG is to 'review the programs and personnel' of the USMS," the letter added. 

They requested information no later than Dec. 2.