Washington (CNN) House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte plans to issue a subpoena to the Justice Department demanding memos fired FBI Director James Comey wrote memorializing his conversations with President Donald Trump, according to two sources briefed on the matter.

Goodlatte may issue a subpoena as soon as this week, the sources said.

The move would escalate a feud between the Justice Department and the three GOP chairmen -- Goodlatte, House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy -- who have been demanding access to the Comey memos and other records from the Justice Department as part of their investigation into the FBI's handling of the Clinton email inquiry in 2016.

Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, said in a statement Wednesday that Gowdy had notified him of the plans to issue a subpoena. Committee rules require two days' notification before a subpoena has been issued.

Nadler said House Republicans appeared to be trying to hold Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in contempt.

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