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Police car lights. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Baltimore meeting between Justice Dept., community gets heated after excessive police force claim

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder (Associated Press) **FILE**

Eric Holder’s gun-ban list of ‘mental defectives’ is mostly veterans

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat, said the report depicted "truly breathtaking recklessness" and showed "DEA agents as completely out of control." (Associated Press)

DEA agents in Colombia prostitute parties not fired, internal report shows

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz goes before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee a day after he faulted the department for disregard of public safety in "Operation Fast and Furious," the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' program that allowed hundreds of guns to reach Mexican drug gangs, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Michael Horowitz, Justice Department watchdog, sees little change in bad behavior

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Sen. Charles Grassley, Iowa Republican and the Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking member (Associated Press) **FILE**

Chuck Grassley: Eric Holder’s no-prostitutes memo not strong enough

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder (Associated Press) **FILE**

Eric Holder to Justice Dept. employees: Just say no to sex parties

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

White House criticizes ruling on Obama’s immigration action

By JUAN A. LOZANO - Associated Press

In this Aug. 17, 2010 file photo, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald talks to reporters after a jury found former Gov. Rod Blagojevich guilty on one count of the 24 counts against him in his federal corruption trial. in Chicago. Robert Blagojevich the brother of imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich offers fresh details in a new book to back his contention prosecutors used him as a pawn to get his younger sibling on charges he sought to hock President Barack Obama's old U.S. Senate seat. While charges were eventually dropped against him, the Tennessee businessman, says his refusal to turn on his brother made him &quot;collateral damage&quot; of an overzealous prosecution that cost his reputation, $1 million in legal bills and a still-unrepaired family split. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

EDITORIAL: Scooter Libby witness accuses Justice prosecutors of steering testimony

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sen. Bob Menendez, New Jersey Democrat, leaves federal court in Newark, New Jersey, after pleading not guilty to sweeping corruption charges. He is accused of using his office to improperly benefit an eye doctor and political donor. (Associated Press)

Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to corruption charges as lawyer assails prosecutors

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Pro-police demonstrators protest outside the Ferguson Police Department Sunday, March 15, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Justice Dept., Ferguson seek common ground on police reform

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in Newark, N.J. Menendez, the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was indicted on corruption charges, accused of using his office to improperly benefit an eye doctor and political donor. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Bob Menendez, New Jersey senator, indicted on corruption charges

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Israeli police officers secure a destroyed house that was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza, in Yahud, a Tel Aviv suburb near the airport, central Israel, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. As a result, Delta Air Lines and U.S. Airlines decided to cancel their scheduled flights to Israel. (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S. citizens want Justice Dept. to indict Hamas officials for war crimes

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington on March 4, 2015, about the Justice Department's findings related to two investigations in Ferguson, Mo. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Justice Dept. policy allows authorities to seize suspicious bank accounts

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa (Associated Press) **FILE**

Chuck Grassley, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, asks for investigation of FBI program

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson acknowledged at Tuesday's hearing that 282 people have had to be kicked out of the amnesty program because of criminal convictions or gang ties that were later discovered. That was out of a population of more than 600,000 who were approved. (Associated Press)

Jeh Johnson: Court should have known part of amnesty was in effect

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Pedestrians pass the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, late on Thursday, April 19, 2012. U.S. Secret Service employees and military personnel were accused of misconduct in connection with a prostitution scandal at the hotel before President Obama's arrival for the Summit of the Americas. (AP Photo/Pedro Mendoza) ** FILE **

DEA agents hired prostitutes paid for by drug cartels

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

A radio-controlled drone appears in flight during an International Drone Day event at an elementary school in Roseburg, Ore., in this March 14, 2015, file photo. (AP Photos/The News-Review, Michael Sullivan, File)

ATF grounds drone program as agents can’t maneuver them correctly, report says

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

President Obama gets ready to toss a football in this photo posted on his Twitter feed moments before the Super Bowl kickoff between the Ravens and 49ers. It was taken in 2010. ** FILE **

Obama lawyers fight to stop ‘Redskins’ trademark

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton's email practices are now becoming a legal headache for the Obama administration, which for the first time has admitted to a court that the former secretary of state withheld her emails. (Associated Press)

Obama scrambles to limit Hillary Clinton email scandal damage

By Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In addition to announcing proactive legal status for 4 million illegal immigrants, President Obama in November also ordered immigration agents not to bother deporting most of the rest of the illegal immigrant population and to focus only on serious criminals. (Associated Press)

Obama dealt series of setbacks on immigration, takes fire from all sides

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times