President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE will meet Tuesday with Republicans on both sides of a looming surveillance fight as lawmakers have deadlocked about how to handle soon-to-expire intelligence programs.

A White House official told The Hill that the meeting would be "broader" than just senators, also including House members as well as administration officials.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Attorney General William Barr will also attend the meeting. Justice Department spokespeople didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday night.

The White House meeting comes a week after Barr pitched Senate Republicans, during a closed-door lunch, on passing a "clean" reauthorization of the three expiring USA Freedom Act provisions that deal with "lone wolf" surveillance, roving wiretaps and a controversial call records program that lets the government request phone metadata.

Barr told Republicans that he would then use his own rulemaking authority to make changes to the FISA court, which critics have argued for years does not have enough transparency or privacy protections for those targeted for government surveillance.

But that's done little to quash growing support among Republicans for using a bill that reauthorized the USA Freedom Act provisions to go ahead and make broader FISA changes.

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz found 17 "significant inaccuracies and omissions" in the FISA warrant applications regarding Trump campaign associate Carter Page. The watchdog's findings have raised new concerns about the potential for abuse within the FISA court.

Paul knocked Barr in a tweet on Monday, saying it was "no surprise" that he supported extending the USA Freedom provisions without making broader FISA reforms.

"To protect all Americans from domestic surveillance we absolutely must block the FISA court from spying on Americans!" he said.