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This Thursday, July 12, 2018, photo provided by the Alexandria, Va., Detention Center shows Paul Manafort, who was booked into the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center. (Alexandria Detention Center via AP)

Manafort attorneys offer glimpse into possible defense in latest filing

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he could refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because his religious beliefs did not violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law Monday, June 4, 2018, in Lakewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Doug Lamborn demands DOJ probe Colorado for ‘harassment’ of Christian baker Jack Phillips

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2018, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a news conference regarding the country's opioid epidemic in Cleveland. Sessions has pushed President Donald Trump's agenda at the Justice Department and spent 20 years before that as a champion of conservative causes in the Senate. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Trump’s jabs at Sessions could eclipse AG’s accomplishments

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Seattle man pleads guilty to cyberstalking

Associated Press

Justice Department official Bruce Ohr has emerged as a pivotal player in the FBI's counterintelligence investigation, beginning in July 31, 2016, into the Trump campaign on suspicion of collusion with Russia. (Associated Press/File) ** FILE **

Bruce Ohr notes contradict Glenn Simpson on Donald Trump, Russia collusion theory

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 5, 2017, file photo, Department of Homeland Security personnel deliver supplies to Santa Ana community residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Guayama, Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File) **FILE**

Lisa Elizabeth Corona, Louisiana woman, pleads guilty to stealing more than $30K in FEMA funds

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Republicans ask Trump to declassify Russia probe documents

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

House Oversight Committee member Rep. Mark Meadows, R-NC., speaks to members of the media as he arrives for a closed hearing to interview Justice Department official, Bruce G. Ohr, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. Ohr will be interviewed as part of an investigation into decisions made by the department in 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House Republicans push Donald Trump to declassify Russia probe documents

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

The Latest: Institute slams review of immigration program

Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2018 file photo, Larry Nassar appears for his sentencing at Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte, Mich. The Justice Department's inspector general is investigating how the FBI handled sexual abuse allegations against the former USA Gymnastics national team doctor, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday, Sept. 5 The investigation comes amid allegations that the FBI had failed to promptly address complaints made in 2015 against Nasser, a once-renowned gymnastics doctor. Nassar is now serving decades in prison after hundreds of girls and women said he sexually abused them under the guise of medical treatment when he worked for Michigan State and Indiana-based USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians. (Cory Morse /The Grand Rapids Press via AP, File)

Inspector general reviews FBI handling of Nassar allegations

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

In this July 13, 2018, photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks in Portland, Maine. President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, suggesting the embattled official should have intervened in investigations of two GOP congressmen to help Republicans in the midterms. Trump tweeted Monday that “investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department.” (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Republicans hit Trump for criticizing Justice Department

By CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

In this July 13, 2018, photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks in Portland, Maine. President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, suggesting the embattled official should have intervened in investigations of two GOP congressmen to help Republicans in the midterms. Trump tweeted Monday that “investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department.” (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

The Latest: Flake slams Trump’s Justice Department attack

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In this Aug. 31, 2018 photo, President Donald Trump gestures while speaking at the Harris Conference Center in Charlotte, N.C. President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, suggesting the embattled official should have intervened in investigations of two GOP congressmen to help Republicans in the midterms. Trump tweeted Monday that “investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department.” (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump attacks Sessions, suggests DOJ hurt GOP in midterms

By CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump sits with Attorney General Jeff Sessions during the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony in Quantico, Va., on Dec. 15, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Jeff Sessions’ allies say Donald Trump unfair

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo, Justice Department official Bruce Ohr arrives for a closed hearing of the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees on Capitol Hill in Washington. A former British spy told Ohr, a senior Justice Department lawyer, at a breakfast meeting on July 30, 2016, that Russian intelligence believed it had Donald Trump “over a barrel,” according to multiple people familiar with the encounter. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

AP sources: Former spy said Russia had ‘Trump over a barrel’

By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY - Associated Press

Democrats question documents used in DOJ official interview

By CHAD DAY and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

W. Samuel Patten leaves the federal court in Washington, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. Patten entered a guilty plea in federal court in Washington, shortly after prosecutors released a four-page charging document that accused him of performing lobbying and consulting work in the United States and Ukraine but failing to register as a foreign agent as required by the Justice Department. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

DC lobbyist admits to failing to file as a foreign agent

By CHAD DAY and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump give a joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

DOJ official told lawmakers Russia had Trump ‘over a barrel’: Report

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo, Justice Department official Bruce Ohr arrives for a closed hearing of the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees on Capitol Hill in Washington. A former British spy told Ohr, a senior Justice Department lawyer, at a breakfast meeting on July 30, 2016, that Russian intelligence believed it had Donald Trump “over a barrel,” according to multiple people familiar with the encounter. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

AP sources: Lawyer was told Russia had ‘Trump over a barrel’

By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY - Associated Press

A recent editorial in the Harvard Crimson, the student publication of Harvard University, calls for more acceptance of conservative students. (Associated Press)

Justice Department says Harvard illegally discriminated against Asian-Americans

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times