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Carter Page, an adviser to U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaks at the graduation ceremony for the New Economic School in Moscow on July 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) **FILE**

Trump campaign wiretap sparked by anonymous call with Christopher Steele source

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - This Sept. 12, 2010, file photo shows Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis before the start of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, in Landover, Md. Ten former NFL players have been charged with defrauding the league’s healthcare benefit program. They include five who played on the Washington Redskins, including Clinton Portis and Carlos Rogers. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)

10 ex-NFL players charged with defrauding healthcare program

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Inspector General's report on alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Michael Horowitz: IG report doesn’t vindicate FBI

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this June 19, 2018, photo, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before a joint House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Michael Horowitz IG report debunks media, Trump foes’ conspiracy theories

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)

William Barr says FBI may have acted in ‘bad faith’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this April 25, 2006, file photo, John Durham speaks to reporters on the steps of U.S. District Court in New Haven, Conn. (AP Photo/Bob Child, File)

John Durham says he disagrees with DOJ IG conclusion that Russia probe was justified

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Former FBI Director James B. Comey was dishonest in May 2017 when he said he never took steps for FBI surrogates to leak stories about President Trump to the news media, Trump attorneys say. (Associated Press/File)

FBI warrant application to spy on Carter Page was fraught with errors: IG report

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this June 19, 2018, photo, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before a joint House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

IG report blames FBI rules for allowing Trump campaign surveillance

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok testifies before the House Committees on the Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform during a hearing on "Oversight of FBI and DOJ Actions Surrounding the 2016 Election," on Capitol Hill, Thursday, July 12, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Michael Horowitz report follows extensive FBI misconduct in Trump era

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 2, 2015, file photo, Alphabet CEO Larry Page speaks at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco. Google co-founders Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down from their roles within the parent company, Alphabet. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google co-founders step aside as antitrust scrutiny heats up

By RACHEL LERMAN - Associated Press

Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page leaves following an interview with lawmakers behind closed doors on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Lisa Page says she hasn’t committed a crime, calls Donald Trump’s fake orgasm ‘demeaning’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this May 14, 2013, file photo, the Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Justice Department dings Washington Post on Michael Horowitz IG report on Russia probe

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

DOJ Pride, a group representing the Justice Department's LGBTQ workers, sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr saying the administration's stance on protections for LGBTQ workers has harmed morale. (Associated Press)

DOJ Pride says Justice Department’s stance on LGBTQ protections harming employee morale

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Horowitz and Durham reports by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

How the Obama administration’s Spygate trumps Watergate

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Attorney General William Barr speaks at a roundtable with members of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies at the Cleveland Police Department's Third District station, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Attorney general unveils plan on missing Native Americans

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz appears at the launch of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Improper use of FISA court among ‘performance challenges’ facing DOJ, says watchdog

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 1, 2017, file photo, traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington streaks past the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters building. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

DOJ watchdog finds ‘significant weaknesses’ in FBI confidential source program

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry, shows Jeffrey Epstein. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

AP sources: Jail guards at time of Epstein death reject deal

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

Solicitor General nominee Noel Francisco testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Illegal immigrant teen abortion ruling stands as Justice Department drops appeal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney General William Barr, center, with other federal and officials, announces that nearly 330 fugitives suspected of violent crimes have been arrested as part of a crime-fighting initiative in New Mexico, at a news conference at the office of the Bernalillo County Sheriff in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Barr was in Albuquerque to highlight the results of Operation Triple Beam, a program that has been conducted in numerous U.S. cities and has led to hundreds of arrests. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP) **FILE**

William Barr announces new initiative aimed at cutting down on gun violence

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times