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Jeff Sessions returns to his home in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Sessions was pushed out Wednesday as Attorney General after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from President Donald Trump over his recusal from the Russia investigation. Sessions told the president in a one-page letter that he was submitting his resignation &quot;at your request.&quot; (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

With new Justice official, fate of Russia probe in question

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein waits for his car as he departs the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out Wednesday as the country's chief law enforcement officer after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from President Donald Trump over his recusal from the Russia investigation. . (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

A look at who’s who at the Justice Department

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accompanied by his wife Mary, after he was sworn-in by Vice President Mike Pence, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. On Nov. 7, 2018, Sessions submitted his resignation in letter to Trump. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Jeff Sessions pushed out after a year of attacks from Trump

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

In this April 24, 2014, file photo, then-Iowa Republican senatorial candidate and former U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker watches before a live televised debate in Johnston, Iowa. President Donald Trump announced in a tweet that he was naming Whitaker, as acting attorney general, after Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out Nov. 7, 2018, as the country's chief law enforcement officer after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from Trump over his recusal from the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

Matthew Whitaker, acting attorney general now overseeing Mueller probe, argued for limiting it

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this March 27, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions pauses while speaking to members of the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Sessions resigned Nov. 7, 2018. as the country's chief law enforcement officer after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from President Donald Trump over his recusal from the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

The Latest: Acting attorney general says he’s honored

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a news conference to announce a criminal law enforcement action involving China, at the Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. Justice Department and FBI leaders announced criminal charges and an operation to thwart Chinese economic espionage. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Jeff Sessions unveils guidebook to help local authorities combat violent crime

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - This Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, file photo, shows the exterior of the Trump International Hotel in downtown Washington. A federal judge denied the Justice Department’s efforts to halt legal proceedings in a case accusing President Donald Trump of violating the U.S. Constitution _ opening the door for Trump’s critics to soon gain access to financial records related to his Washington, hotel. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Justice lawyers fail to halt Trump financial records release

By TAMI ABDOLLAH - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to the members of the media on the South Lawn before leaving the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, for a campaign rally in Huntington, W.Va., and Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Justice lawyers fail to halt Trump financial records release

By TAMI ABDOLLAH - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 23, 2015 file photo, Jho Low, Director of the Jynwel Foundation, poses at the launch of the Global Daily website in Washington, D.C. The Justice Department on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, charged the fugitive Malaysian financier in a money laundering and bribery scheme that pilfered billions of dollars from a Malaysian investment fund created to promote economic development projects in that country. The three-count indictment charges Low Taek Jho, who is also known as Jho Low, with misappropriating money from the state-owned fund and using it for bribes and kickbacks to foreign officials, to pay for luxury real estate, art and jewelry in the United States and to fund Hollywood movies, including &quot;The Wolf of Wall Street.&quot; (Photo by Stuart Ramson/Invision for the United Nations Foundation/AP Images)

Malaysian tycoon wanted by US in 1MDB scandal fights back

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Attorney General Jeff Sessions gestures while speaking at the U.S. Marshals Service 37th Director's Honorary Awards Ceremony, at the Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. Sitting behind Sessions is Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Jeff Sessions launches initiative to target Chinese theft of American trade secrets

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This courtroom sketch depicts Robert Gregory Bowers, who was wounded in a gun battle with police as he appeared in a wheelchair at federal court on Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, in Pittsburgh. Bowers, accused in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, appeared briefly in federal court in a wheelchair and handcuffs Monday to face charges he killed 11 people. (Dave Klug via AP)

Under Trump, federal death penalty cases are ticking up

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

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 opens a record 34 investigations of sexual harassment in housing

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 indicts 10 Chinese hackers

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Southern Illinois Airport Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Murphysboro, Ill. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s untruths on mail bombs, 9/11, tax cut

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Attorney General Jeff Sessions pauses before speaking about the arrest of Cesar Sayoc, 56, of Aventura, Fla., in the package bomb case, during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Some Sessions allies hope White House allows graceful exit

By ERIC TUCKER and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

In this June 21, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill following a closed door meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Robert Mueller’s Russia case difficult to prosecute

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Judge won’t delay census citizenship question trial

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

The U.S. population now stands at 328,231,337 which is up 6.31 percent since the last national census. (U.S. Census Bureau) ** FILE **

Judge rejects DOJ, orders speedy trial on Census citizenship question

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks about crude pipe bombs targeting Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, CNN and others, during an event on the opioid crisis, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Florida man accused of sending mail bombs

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U.S. Attorney John W. Huber speaks during a news conference in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Prosecutors have agreed not to file charges against a Utah public transit agency in exchange for cooperation with a federal investigation into possible corruption and misuse of public funds by people connected to the agency, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Utah announced Tuesday. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

John Huber FBI-Justice Department probe shrouded in mystery

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times