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FILE - This Dec. 21, 2016 file photo shows the Trump International Hotel at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, in Washington. The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to let them file a legal appeal that could, for now, keep President Donald Trump's critics from gaining access to financial records related to his Washington hotel. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Justice lawyers try to halt Trump financial records release

By TAMI ABDOLLAH - Associated Press

Unrest reported at immigration detention center in Texas

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Federal task force targets health fraud in New Jersey region

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

Christopher Steele spoke with former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr, who relayed the Trump talk back to the same FBI that had banned him, according to FBI documents and congressional testimony. (Associated Press/File)

Bruce Ohr called on Christopher Steele talks

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 29, 2010, file photo, Wisconsin Emergency Management Administrator Ed Wall poses for a photo in Madison, Wis., days before taking over as the state Justice Department's Division of Criminal Investigation. Wall, the former Wisconsin prisons secretary, says in a new book that Gov. Scott Walker and Attorney General Brad Schimel drove him to the brink of suicide. Walker appointed Wall prison secretary in 2012. Wall resigned in 2016 amid allegations of widespread abuse at the state's youth prison. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond, File)

Ex-Wisconsin official: Ousting drove him to brink of suicide

By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press

The Latest: AG: Wall was in best spot to protect youth

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Immigration judges accuse DOJ of undermining independence

By CLAUDIA LAUER - Associated Press

DOJ opens review of Hollywood antitrust regulations

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This Oct. 22, 2015, file photo shows U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill. Two men who were wrestlers at Ohio State University in the 1990s say Jordan isn't being truthful when he says he wasn't aware of allegations team doctor Richard Strauss was groping male wrestlers, NBC reported Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Male athletes from 14 sports at Ohio State have reported alleged sexual misconduct by Strauss, whose 2005 death at the age of 67 was ruled a suicide. Jordan's spokesman says in a statement the congressman never saw or heard about any abuse or had any abuse reported when he was an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Jim Jordan: DOJ resistance is telling Congress ‘go take a hike’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a Religious Liberty Summit at the Department of Justice, Monday, July 30, 2018. Sessions says there’s a “dangerous movement” to erode protections for Americans to worship and believe as they choose. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sessions: US culture ‘less hospitable to people of faith’

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

In this Thursday, June 8, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite/File)

James Comey ordered to preserve his government documents

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 28, 2018, file photo, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appears before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. A group of 11 House Republicans have introduced articles of impeachment against Rosenstein, who oversees special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference and President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Ryan opposes Rosenstein impeachment try, dooming it for now

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and CHAD DAY - Associated Press

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, joined at right by Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, takes questions at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 17, 2018. In a Monday letter to the Department of Justice inspector general, Meadows and Jordan are asking for a review of allegations that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein threatened to subpoena phone records and documents from a House Intelligence Committee staffer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Meadows softens push to impeach Rosenstein after talks with GOP Leadership

By Dan Boylan and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 19, 2016 file photo, FBI Director James Comey, calls on a reporter during a news conference in Chicago. When Comey discussed on national television the massacre at an Orlando nightclub, he made an off-the-cuff policy decision not to speak the gunman’s name. The name Comey was refusing to say had already been known for nearly 24 hours: Omar Mateen. Forty-nine people were killed in the attack, the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

The press conference Comey could have given after Trump’s ‘wiretap’ tweets

By Larry O'Connor - The Washington Times

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Friday, July 13, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Rod Rosenstein impeachment articles introduced by GOP lawmakers

By Dan Boylan and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 28, 2018, file photo, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appears before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. A group of 11 House Republicans have introduced articles of impeachment against Rosenstein, who oversees special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference and President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

House conservatives move to impeach deputy attorney general

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

This Aug. 20, 2015, file photo shows the McBride apartments, a family-designated public housing complex of the Alexander County Housing Authority, in Cairo, Ill. (Richard Sitler/The Southern Illinoisan via AP) ** FILE **

DOJ and HUD launch PSA against sexual harassment in housing facilities

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 13, 2018, file photo, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice. Rosenstein is defending the prosecution of foreign agents who may never see the inside of a U.S. courtroom. He says the prosecutions of agents involved in efforts to sow dissent in the U.S. political system or in cyber-attacks serves as a deterrent even when they are beyond the reach of U.S. authorities.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Rosenstein defends charging Russians as a deterrent

By DESMOND BUTLER - Associated Press

The report was released just three days after President Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and nearly a week after Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the indictment of 12 Russians accused of election meddling. (Associated Press)

Justice Department to notify public of foreign election hacking

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 13, 2018, file photo, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice. Rosenstein is defending the prosecution of foreign agents who may never see the inside of a U.S. courtroom. He says the prosecutions of agents involved in efforts to sow dissent in the U.S. political system or in cyber-attacks serves as a deterrent even when they are beyond the reach of U.S. authorities.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Rosenstein defends charging foreign agents US can’t arrest

By DESMOND BUTLER - Associated Press