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Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time as he pauses while speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. Attorney General Merrick Garland named a special counsel on Friday to oversee the Justice Department's investigation into the presence of classified documents at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate as well as key aspects of a separate probe involving the Jan. 6 insurrection and efforts to undo the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

AG Garland appoints special counsel to weigh criminal charges against Trump

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump arrives to announce a third run for president at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

DOJ says Trump ‘abandoned’ privilege claim that seized documents are privileged

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the APEC Leaders' Informal Dialogue with Guests during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

DOJ grants Saudi crown prince immunity in Khashoggi lawsuit

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former baseball outfielder Yasiel Puig of Kiwoom Heroes hits a ball during the opening game of the 2022 regular season for the Korea Baseball Organization in Seoul, April 2, 2022. Authorities Puig will plead guilty to lying to federal agents investigating an illegal sports gambling operation. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, that Puig acknowledged in unsealed court documents that he denied betting on the operation when in fact he made hundreds of bets in 2019. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Former MLB player Yasiel Puig agrees to plead guilty to lying to feds about illegal gambling

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump stands on stage with former first lady Melania Trump after he announced a run for president for the third time at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump sets off on race for White House, promises to make America ‘great and glorious again’

By Susan Ferrechio and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and partially redacted by the source, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8 FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. (Department of Justice via AP, File)

DOJ says Trump must verify documents seized from Mar-a-Lago

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

People wait to vote in person at Reed High School in Sparks, Nev., prior to polls closing on Nov. 3, 2020. Nevada voters consider a ballot question on Nov. 8, 2022, that would enshrine in the state constitution a ban on discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or express, age, disability, ancestry or national origin. Nevadans will also weigh in on ranked-choice voting and the state's minimum wage. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)

DOJ sends poll monitors to 24 states amid fears of voter intimidation

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Joe Biden's Fingerprint on Hunter's laptop Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DOJ stonewalls, but GOP sleuths move closer to Hunter Biden’s dad, Joe

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during a briefing at the White House, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘It’s a lie’: White House rejects claim that pro-life activists targeted for federal arrest

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) building headquarters is seen in Washington on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Republicans release 1,000-page report on whistleblower claims of politicization at FBI and DOJ

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland with Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Civil Rights Division, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

An unusually leaky DOJ keeps Trump’s legal woes in voters’ minds for midterms

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2017 file photo, a little-known device called a &quot;bump stock&quot; is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range in South Jordan, Utah. The Trump administration is moving to officially ban bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like automatic firearms. A senior Justice Department official said Tuesday bump stocks will be banned under the federal law that prohibits machine guns. It will take effect in late March. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Sailor faces 50 years in prison for selling machine gun parts in firearms trafficking case

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A gavel is shown against a backdrop of law books in this undated stock photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Federal court halts DOJ request for conservative group’s communications

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

People wait in line to vote at a polling place on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Las Vegas. On Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, the Nevada Supreme Court declined to halt a rural Nevada county's plan to begin hand-counting mail-in ballots two weeks before Election Day, but blocked its plan to livestream the counting to ensure that voting results aren't released. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

DOJ pressed to reveal Biden’s secret plans to boost voting

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this May 11, 2009, file photo, Ticketmaster tickets and gift cards are shown at a box office in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Liberal activists pressure Biden’s Justice Department for a new antitrust crackdown

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon arrives at court, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

DOJ recommends six-month jail term for Trump adviser Bannon, $200K fine for contempt of Congress

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden walks back to the Oval Office past Attorney General Merrick Garland after speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 13, 2022, during an event to highlight state and local leaders who are investing in the American Rescue Plan funding. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

DOJ blasted for trying to ‘frighten and intimidate’ pro-life Christians after string of arrests

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Nikki Tran of Washington, holds up a sign with pictures of Supreme Court Justices Thomas, Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, and Neil Gorsuch, as demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Washington. Less than 24 hours after the unprecedented leak of the draft opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ordered an investigation into the “egregious breach.” Since then? Silence. The Supreme Court won’t say whether it is still investigating. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Biden DOJ sued by Heritage Foundation over not prosecuting Supreme Court abortion protesters

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022. A document purporting to be from the U.S. government and claiming the Treasury Department had information related to the search at Mar-a-Lago was a fabrication. A review of court documents and interviews by The Associated Press shows identical documents were filed in a separate case brought by a federal inmate at a prison medical center in North Carolina.(AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Justice Department asks appeals court to shut down special master in Mar-a-Lago probe

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden coughs as he speaks about The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022. Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, July 30, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation, the White House said, in a rare case of “rebound” following treatment with an anti-viral drug. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden hurts defense in court by claiming pandemic is ‘over’

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times