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Justice Department kept FBI employees in the dark for years about whistleblower protections

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, file photo, Roger Stone exits a federal court in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Justice Department watchdog says no evidence Trump influenced Roger Stone’s sentencing

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center, flanked by Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters about efforts to investigate President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. Top congressional Republican allies of former President Donald Trump decried a Manhattan jury's guilty verdict against him Thursday, saying the trial was a partisan effort to derail the campaign of the presumptive GOP nominee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans sue DOJ officials for ignoring subpoena for testimony in impeachment inquiry

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland appears before a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Judiciary Committee subpoenas AG Garland over DOJ’s attempted surveillance of Congress

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Gloved hands on a computer keyboard (By welcomia/Shutterstock.com) ** FILE **

‘Bulletproof’ web hosting company seized; Polish national charged with computer fraud

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, walks from Marine One upon arrival at Fort McNair, June 25, 2023, in Washington. The Republican chairmen of three key House committees are joining forces to probe the Justice Department's handling of charges against Hunter Biden after making sweeping claims about misconduct at the agency. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

IRS agents say Justice Department brass nixed felony charges against Hunter Biden

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The sun shines through concertina wire on a fence at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., April 26, 2014. Louisiana's prison system routinely holds people beyond their legal release dates, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in a report concluding that the state has failed for years to develop solutions to “systemic overdetentions” that violate inmates' rights and are financially costly to taxpayers. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Louisiana prisons keep inmates beyond release dates in violation of 14th Amendment, contends DOJ

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., a member of the House Jan. 6 Committee, speaks with reporters as lawmakers debate a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill that finances federal agencies and provides aid to Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. The House Jan. 6 committee's final report asserts that Donald Trump criminally engaged in a "multi-part conspiracy" to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election and failed to act to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol. Raskin was also named this week to be the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee in the 119th Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Raskin says Jan. 6 committee needed DOJ’s ‘panoply’ of resources to continue its work against Trump

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2022. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol announced Tuesday, Sept. 27, that it had postponed a hearing scheduled for Wednesday as a hurricane hurtled toward the Florida coast. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Jan. 6 committee members rebuff suggestion criminal referrals will be ‘largely symbolic’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Syringes and a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are displayed at a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in Batavia, Ill., on March 19, 2021. (Rick West/Daily Herald via AP, File)

DOJ: 21 people charged nationwide with $150M in COVID fraud

By Michael Balsamo and Jennier McDermott - Associated Press

Once a heroic Jedi Knight, Darth Vader was seduced by the dark side of the Force, became a Sith Lord, and led the Empire’s eradication of the Jedi Order. He remained in service of the Emperor -- the evil Darth Sidious -- for decades, enforcing his Master’s will and seeking to crush the fledgling Rebel Alliance.

The empire strikes back: New sedition charges illuminate DOJ’s dark side

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Department of Justice (DOJ) Under Siege in the Government Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Politicized Department of Justice has forgotten what it stands for

By Stewart Whitson

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a Tribal Nations Summit during Native American Heritage Month, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Nov. 15, 2021, in Washington. The Justice Department says it is reversing its own legal opinion and will now allow federal inmates released on home confinement because of the coronavirus pandemic to stay out and not return to prison. Garland's announcement comes after months of pressure on the Biden administration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

AG Garland builds reputation on the right for politicizing DOJ

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland announces a lawsuit to block the enforcement of a new Texas law that bans most abortions, at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Critics say DOJ move to stop school board threats will deter free speech

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke speaks at a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, to announce that the Department of Justice is opening an investigation into the city of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

DOJ, New Jersey settle sex abuse claims at Edna Mahan women’s prison

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, Thursday, May 6, 2021 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. The audit, ordered by the Arizona Senate, has the U.S. Department of Justice saying it is concerned about ballot security and potential voter intimidation arising from the unprecedented private recount of the 2020 presidential election results. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool)

Biden DOJ warns states to follow federal election laws amid ‘unusual’ audits

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 21, 2020, photo, then-Attorney General William P. Barr speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Watchdog seeks probe into whether officials were pressured to hide ‘true nature’ of Barr memo

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

Ford says agencies have ended mileage, pollution test probes

Associated Press

Feds probe Iowa care home: Disabled ‘not human guinea pigs’

By DAVID PITT - Associated Press

Federal Way reaches settlement with DOJ over school bullying

Associated Press