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In this Aug. 6, 2020, file photo, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt speaks during a news conference in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File) ** FILE **

‘Not going to back down’: Missouri’s rejection of federal gun control sets up showdown with DOJ

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Police officers search a playground for evidence at a crime scene where two individuals were injured by gunshots on Atlantic Avenue, Saturday, July 18, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. President Donald Trump is again threatening to send federal agents to New York City if local authorities don't stop a surge of violence that has left seven people dead and more than 50 people shot since Friday, Aug. 14. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

DOJ to launch firearms tracking strike forces

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

Justice Department outlines plans for crackdown on domestic terrorism

By Jeff Mordock and Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, July 24, 2019, file photo, former special counsel Robert Mueller returns to the witness table following a break in his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. NBC announced Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, that Mueller, the former special counsel who looked into Russian interference in the 2016 election, has given an extensive interview that debuts in early December. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Judge halts release of controversial Mueller memo

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after the Democrats' policy luncheon, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

How hypocrisy thrives when an opposing political party abuses power

By David Keene - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pelosi blasts Trump Justice Department probe into media leaks as ‘beyond Richard Nixon’

By Valerie Richardson and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with U.S. tech workers, before signing an Executive Order on hiring American workers, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

DOJ watchdog to probe Apple subpoena decision

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about voting rights at the Justice Department in Washington, on Friday, June 11, 2021. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

AG Merrick Garland vows to double DOJ’s voting rights staff within 30 days

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Trump DOJ subpoena sought data on 73 phone numbers, 36 email addresses, Apple says

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, March 3, 2020, photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Trump DOJ nabbed data from Adam Schiff, other House Dems with subpoenas to Apple

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this April 26, 2021, file photo Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Attorney general scheduled to meet with news leaders after DOJ sought reporters’ records

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

AG Merrick Garland seeks huge budget boosts for ambitious agenda

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

E. Jean Carroll arrives at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in New York. Carroll, who says President Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s, was expected to be in court Wednesday to hear lawyers argue whether Trump can substitute the United States for himself as the defendant in her defamation lawsuit. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

AG Garland defends backing Trump against E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, Monday, April 26, 2021. The Justice Department is opening a sweeping probe into policing in Louisville after the March 2020 death of Breonna Taylor, who was shot to death by police during a raid at her home. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

AG Garland seeks $4B to fight cybercrime, rights violations

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this April 27, 2017, photo, a police officer wears a newly issued body camera in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) **FILE**

Justice Department reverses ban on federal agents wearing body cameras

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo rioters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Capitol conspiracy: Feds take aim at Oath Keepers in Jan. 6 riot

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 9, 2018, photo, Illegally possessed firearms seized by authorities are displayed during a news conference in Los Angeles. State authorities cleared 8.6% fewer cases last year into people who are no longer are allowed to own firearms, down from a record high in 2018, through a unique California program according to a California Department of Justice report released Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Justice Department announces new proposals to close gun loopholes

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, June 14, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up while walking across the tarmac as he boards Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden DOJ agrees: U.S. should defend Trump in rape lawsuit

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

A police officer stands outside The New York Times building in New York, June 28, 2018. Trump Justice Department secretly obtained the phone records of four New York Times journalists as part of a leak investigation, the newspaper said Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FILE **

Justice Dept. says it’ll no longer seize reporters’ records

By ERIC TUCKER

In this Aug. 5, 2019, file photo, sections of a USA Today newspapers in Norwood, Mass. The FBI issued a subpoena demanding U.S. newspaper giant Gannett provide agents with information to track down readers of a USA Today story about a suspect in a child pornography case who fatally shot two FBI agents in February. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

FBI issues subpoena for info on readers of USA Today story

By Michael Balsamo and Gary Fields - Associated Press