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Attorney General William Barr, right, next to FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich, speaks during a news conference, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at the Justice Department in Washington. Four members of the Chinese military have been charged with breaking into the networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and stealing the personal information of tens of millions of Americans, the Justice Department said Monday, blaming Beijing for one of the largest hacks in history. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Four members of China’s military indicted for massive Equifax breach

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Attorney General William Barr waves after speaking at the National Sheriffs' Association Winter Legislative and Technology Conference in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

William Barr looks at criminal charges for sanctuary cities

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters as he arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Lindsey Graham says William Barr to review Rudy Giuliani Ukraine information

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2019 file photo, a Texas State Trooper walks back to his car while providing security outside the Walmart store in the aftermath of a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas. A gunman who said he was targeting Mexicans and killed 22 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, over the summer has been indicted on federal hate crimes charges, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

Walmart shooting suspect charged with federal hate crimes

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and CEDAR ATTANASIO - Associated Press

US investigates discipline disparity in South Bend schools

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2019 file photo, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, speaks at the Justice Department in Washington. Delrahim, the Justice Department official leading the investigation of big tech companies’ market dominance is stepping aside from the department’s Google probe because of his previous lobbying work for Google. A person familiar with the matter says Delrahim is recusing himself from the investigation into Google. The person wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday on the condition of anonymity. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

US antitrust chief leaving Google probe because of lobbying

By MARCY GORDON and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Attorneys Office for Utah and introduced as evidence at a trial shows fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation. Accidental overdoses contribute to 90 percent of all U.S. opioid-related deaths. Rising use of illicitly manufactured and highly potent synthetic opioids including fentanyl has likely contributed to the unintentional death rate, which surged nine-fold between 2000 and 2017, the study found. (U.S. Attorneys Office for Utah via AP, File)

Judiciary Committee spars over banning fentanyl analogues

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this image from video, Ken Starr, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

House Democrats say Trump’s impeachment defense contradicts DOJ stance in Mueller lawsuit

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Attorney General William Barr arrives for an ceremony at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, in Washington, to announce the establishment of the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, and its commissioners. (AP Photo/Michael A. McCoy)

DOJ: Barr denies Bolton’s book claim of being worried about Trump ‘favors’ to other countries

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 2, 2017, photo, Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, speaks with reporters following a day of questions from the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Two of FBI’s FISA warrants for Carter Page ‘not valid’: DOJ

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 2, 2019, file photo, Lev Parnas arrives at court in New York. Parnas, a close associate of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has provided a trove of text messages and photos to the House committee leading the impeachment inquiry. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) ** FILE **

Lev Parnas, anti-Trump witness, promoted by Adam Schiff despite denials, lawsuit

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020, file photo Attorney General William Barr and FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich, second from left, address reporters at the Justice Department in Washington to announce results of an investigation of the shootings at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida. An an image of an iPhone is displayed at left. The Justice Department has placed a high national-security priority on its probe of the incident, insisting that investigators must get access to data from two locked and encrypted iPhones that belonged to the alleged gunman, a Saudi aviation student. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP Explains: The Justice Department’s new quarrel with Apple

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr speaks to reporters at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, to announce results of an investigation of the shootings at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida. On Dec. 6, 2019, 21-year-old Saudi Air Force officer, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani, opened fire at the naval base in Pensacola, killing three U.S. sailors and injuring eight other people. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

DOJ claps back at Lev Parnas: Claims about William Barr are ‘100 percent false’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 1, 2017, file photo, Michael Flynn, center, arrives at federal court in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

Ex-Trump aide Michael Flynn seeks to withdraw guilty plea

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping are greeted by children waving flowers and flags during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China bank case heightens doubts about Beijing as trade deal looms

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2018, file photo, former FBI Director James Comey speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill Washington. The Justice Department’s inspector general says former FBI Director James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FBI Crossfire Hurricane probe source for Trump conspiracy was dossier

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Attorney General William Barr listens as President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign an executive order establishing the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

NYC Bar Association demands Congress investigate AG William Barr

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 29, 2019, file photo, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., appears on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik File)

Ron Johnson presses DOJ for answers on allegations Obama administration hacked journalist

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this June 29, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. President Trump on Jan. 9, 2020, suggested that the balance of a far-reaching trade deal with China might be put off until after the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

Justice Department special China unit targets Beijing’s ‘economic espionage’

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a farewell ceremony in the Great Hall at the Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Rod Rosenstein, who oversaw the Mueller probe, joins law firm King & Spalding

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times