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In this Dec. 11, 2018, photo, an asylum-seeking boy from Central America runs down a hallway after arriving from an immigration detention center to a shelter in San Diego. A court-appointed committee has yet to find the parents of 628 children separated at the border early in the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Jeff Sessions blamed for Trump border policy that separated families: Audit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Steven D'Antuono, head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Washington field office, left, listens as acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin, speaks during a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Washington. Federal prosecutors are looking at bringing “significant” cases involving possible sedition and conspiracy charges in last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)

FBI, Justice Department leaders stay out of sight after riot

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

Then-Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen holds a news conference to announce the results of the global resolution of criminal and civil investigations with an opioid manufacturer at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (Yuri Gripas/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Jeffrey Rosen, acting AG, warns of ‘no tolerance’ for inauguration violence

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Trump supporters gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Social media offer to pardon Capitol rioters is fake: DOJ

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this April 4, 2019, file photo, NCAA President Mark Emmert answers questions during a news conference at the Final Four college basketball tournament in Minneapolis. The NCAA is set to delay a potential landmark vote on legislation that would permit college athletes to be compensated for their fame for the first time after the association received a warning from the Department of Justice about potential antitrust violations. NCAA President Mark Emmert on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2020, emailed a letter to Makan Delrahim, assistant attorney general of the DOJ's antitrust division, saying he strongly recommended putting off votes on new name, image and likeness rules by two key legislative bodies that had been scheduled for next week. (AP Photo/Matt York, File) **FILE**

After DOJ warning, NCAA to delay vote on compensation rules

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

Capitol police officers stand outside of fencing that was installed around the exterior of the Capitol grounds, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 in Washington. The House and Senate certified the Democrat's electoral college win early Thursday after a violent throng of pro-Trump rioters spent hours Wednesday running rampant through the Capitol. A woman was fatally shot, windows were bashed and the mob forced shaken lawmakers and aides to flee the building, shielded by Capitol Police. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob

By COLLEEN LONG, LOLITA BALDOR, MICHAEL BALSAMO and and NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

Demonstators loyal to President Donald Trump, are sprayed by police, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, during a day of rioting at the Capitol. It's been a stunning day as a number of lawmakers and then the mob of protesters tried to overturn America's presidential election, undercut the nation's democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob

By COLLEEN LONG, LOLITA BALDOR, MICHAEL BALSAMO and and NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

In this Nov. 17, 2017, file photo, Merrick Garland walks into Federal District Court in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden is set to name Garland as Attorney General. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Biden to name Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

Judge Merrick Garland was nominated to the Supreme Court at a time when American voters had expressly put Republicans in charge of the Senate. (Associated Press/File)

Joe Biden taps Supreme Court reject Merrick Garland for next attorney general

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this June 14, 2018, file photo, the FBI seal is seen before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) **FILE**

Justice Department, federal court system hit by Russian hack

By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

In this July 22, 2019, photo, Merrick Garland pays his respects to the late Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden is set to name Garland as attorney general. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Merrick Garland tabbed by Joe Biden as attorney general

By Eric Tucker and Michael Balsamo - Associated Press

The American flag flies outside of the Justice Department building, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Justice Department says SolarWinds hackers accessed DOJ’s email system

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this May 19, 2017 file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange greets supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been in self imposed exile since 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Justice Department vows to extradite Julian Assange after British judge blocks request

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Illustration on Biden and the DOJ by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Despite denials, count on Biden-Harris to direct AG to do their scandalous bidding

By Chris Horner

FILE - In this March 28, 2014 file photo, former Pennsylvania Gov. Dick Thornburgh recounts the Three Mile Island Nuclear Crisis during a two-day event marking the 35th anniversary of the partial core meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. Thornburgh died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020 at a retirement community facility outside Pittsburgh, his son David said. The cause it not yet known. (Mark Pynes/The Patriot-News via AP)

Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, dies

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

"R.I.P. Tamir Rice" is written on a wooden post near a makeshift memorial at the gazebo where the boy was fatally shot, outside the Cudell Recreation Center in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Tamir Rice shooting probe closed with no charges

By Michael Balsamo and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

The Senate voted Wednesday to proceed with the debate on President Trump’s veto of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Andrew Weissmann, ex-Mueller prosecutor: Trump pardons are ‘final act of an obstruction of justice’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy stand as President Donald Trump shakes hands with FBI Director James Comey during a reception for inaugural law enforcement officers and first responders in the Blue Room of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump authorizes John Durham to present classified information to grand jury in Russia probe

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 31, 2020 file photo, a woman pulls groceries from a cart to her vehicle outside of a Walmart store in Pearl, Miss. Walmart is teaming with the General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit to test automated package delivery in Arizona. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Feds sue Walmart over role in opioid crisis

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr speaks during a news conference, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, at the Justice Department in Washington. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Justice Dept. charges bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press