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FILE - In this June 18, 2015, file photo, prisoners stand in a crowded lunch line during a prison tour at Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala. The Justice Department has determined that Alabama's prisons are violating the Constitution by failing to protect inmates from violence and sexual abuse and by housing them in unsafe and overcrowded facilities, according to a scathing report Wednesday, April 3, 2019, that described the problems as &quot;severe&quot; and &quot;systemic.&quot; (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Fed’s report condemning Alabama prisons: State vows action

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

The Latest: Alabama governor: We’re working to fix prisons

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FILE- In this June 18, 2015 file photo, prisoners stand in a crowded lunch line during a prison tour at Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala. he Justice Department has determined that Alabama's prisons are violating the Constitution by failing to protect inmates from violence and sexual abuse and by housing them in unsafe and overcrowded facilities, according to a scathing report Wednesda, April 3, 2019, that described the problems as &quot;severe&quot; and &quot;systemic.&quot;. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

APNewsBreak: US condemns ‘broken’ Alabama prison system

By KIM CHANDLER and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

U.S. Attorney John Huber leaves the federal courthouse Friday, July 29, 2016, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) ** FILE **

John Huber FBI probe shrouded in secrecy 18 months later

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this March 26, 2019 photo, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., presides at a meeting directing the attorney general to transmit documents to the House of Representatives relating to the actions of former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House Judiciary Committee will ready subpoenas this week for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full Russia report. This, as the Justice Department appears likely to miss an April 2 deadline set by Democrats for the report’s release. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats to prepare subpoenas for full Mueller report

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

The Department of Justice in Washington, Friday, March 22, 2019, as Special counsel Robert Mueller has concluded his investigation into Russian election interference and possible coordination with associates of President Donald Trump. The Justice Department says Mueller delivered his final report Friday to Attorney General William Barr, who is reviewing it. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Justice Department backs Christian Fellowship Center of New York in Canton lawsuit

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Jessie Liu, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Jessie Liu withdraws from Justice Department nomination

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump talks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump, GOP move to hold Democrats, media accountable for Russia collusion ‘hoax’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The letter from Attorney General William Barr to Congress on the conclusions reached by special counsel Robert Mueller in the Russia probe photographed on Sunday, March 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Taking stock: What Mueller’s Trump-Russia probe revealed

By CHAD DAY - Associated Press

Illustration on the need to investigate Hillary and Obama by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The real Obama-Clinton cover-up

By Monica Crowley

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at right by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse,D-R.I., criticizes President Donald Trump's budget proposals during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer: Obamacare attack bigger deal than Mueller findings

By Tom Howell Jr. and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2019, file photo, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, joined at right by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, speaks to House Democrats, now in the majority, during an event at the Capitol in Washington. Nadler, Cummings, and House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said in a joint statement, &quot;The Special Counsel's Report should be allowed to speak for itself, and Congress must have the opportunity to evaluate the underlying evidence.&quot; (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

The Latest: Official: Barr’s review of report to take weeks

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein pauses while speaking at the federal inspector general community's 21st annual awards ceremony, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Rod Rosenstein Mueller probe role flips Democrats opinions

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y, speaks during a news conference at a subway station in the Upper West Side neighborhood of New York Sunday, March 24, 2019, in the wake of Attorney General William Barr's Summary of the Mueller Report. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Democrats ask for Mueller files; GOP exclaims ‘Move on’

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC., walks from the podium after speaking at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The Latest: House chairs want full Mueller report by April 2

Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr leaves his home in McLean, Va., on Sunday morning, March 24, 2019. Barr is preparing a summary of the findings of the special counsel investigating Russian election interference. The release of Barr's summary of the report's main conclusions is expected sometime Sunday.(AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

William Barr arrives at Justice Department on Sunday amid Mueller report speculation

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Motorcade carrying President Donald Trump after departing Mar-a-Lago on Sunday, March 24, 2019, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

The Latest: Pence claims total vindication in Mueller report

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 22, 2018 photo, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., then ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, exits a secure area to speak to reporters, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Though the special counsel’s findings remain unknown, Trump has grown increasingly confident that the report would produce what he insisted all along _ no clear evidence of a conspiracy between Russia and the Trump campaign. And the president and his closest advisers are now considering how to weaponize those possible findings. A subtle change is underway among congressional Democrats, as well, who have long believed the report would offer damning evidence against the president. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Adam Schiff rejects ‘Gang of Eight’ classified briefing on Mueller report

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The White House is seen through a security fence, before sunrise, in Washington, Saturday, March 23, 2019. Special counsel Robert Mueller closed his long and contentious Russia investigation with no new charges, ending the probe that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump's presidency. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

A look at some unanswered questions of the Mueller probe

By CHAD DAY and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 19, 2019, file photo, two men, both of Honduras, gather with attorneys to pray before crossing into the United States to begin their asylum cases after being returned to Mexico in Tijuana, Mexico. A U.S. judge in San Francisco will scrutinize the Trump administration's policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico during a court hearing Friday, March 22, 2019, to help him decide whether to block the practice. Civil rights groups have asked Judge Richard Seeborg to put the asylum policy on hold while their lawsuit moves forward. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Judge scrutinizes Trump’s policy shift on asylum seekers

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press