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John Durham going deep into Russiagate

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis was photographed in her office on Jan. 4, 2022. A request by the Georgia prosecutor who’s investigating whether Donald Trump and others broke the law by trying to pressure Georgia officials to throw out Joe Biden’s presidential election victory has been approved. Willis last week sent a letter to county superior court Chief Judge Christopher Brasher asking him to impanel a special grand jury. Brasher issued an order Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, saying the request was considered and approved by a majority of the superior court judges. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

Georgia district attorney asks FBI for extra security after Trump’s talk of pardons

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. Two Republican congressmen are demanding that FBI Director Christopher Wray provide details on efforts to rein in the bureau's use of warrants to spy on Americans that are approved by a secretive federal court. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

GOP lawmakers demand FBI detail efforts to rein in secret surveillance warrants

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

This Jan. 2, 2022, photo provided by OurCalling LLC shows Malik Faisal Akram, at a Dallas homeless shelter. Akram, the armed man who took four people hostage during a 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue on Saturday, Jan. 15, had spent time in area homeless shelters in the two weeks leading up to the attack, and was dropped off at one by someone he appeared to know. (OurCalling, LLC via AP) ** FILE **

Senate Republicans demand answers from Biden administration on Texas synagogue attacker

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

This Aug. 12, 2021, file photo from video provided by the Moab, Utah, Police Department shows Brian Laundrie talking to a police officer after police pulled over the van he was traveling in with his girlfriend, Gabrielle &quot;Gabby&quot; Petito, near the entrance to Arches National Park in Utah. Laundrie, the boyfriend of slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito, took responsibility for killing her in a notebook discovered near his body in a Florida swamp, the FBI announced Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (The Moab Police Department via AP, File)

Brian Laundrie admitted killing Gabby Petito in notebook, FBI says

By Mead Gruver - Associated Press

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a virtual meeting with family and independent farmers and ranchers at the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, to discuss work to boost competition and reduce prices in the meat-processing industry. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

AG Garland defends DOJ response to Texas synagogue attack

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

Law enforcement process the scene in front of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, in Colleyville, Texas. A man held hostages for more than 10 hours Saturday inside the temple. The hostages were able to escape and the hostage taker was killed. FBI Special Agent in Charge Matt DeSarno said a team would investigate &quot;the shooting incident.&quot; (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

FBI, DHS warn of threats targeting faith-based communities after Texas standoff

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, June 8, 2021, photo, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, listens during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the IRS budget request on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Biden administration stonewalls Grassley on FBI’s 2016 probe of conservative group

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Michael Carvajal, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining issues facing prisons and jails during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 2, 2020. Carvajal is resigning amid increasing scrutiny over his leadership in the wake of Associated Press reporting that uncovered widespread problems at the agency, including a recent story detailing serious misconduct involving correctional officers. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Republicans reintroduce bill to require Senate confirmation of Bureau of Prisons director

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this March 3, 2020 photo, Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, center, reads the results from the first round of ballots for the 2020 presidential primary elections at the Mesa County election office in Grand Junction, Colo. The county's election equipment has been decertified and will have to be replaced following a security breach allegedly aided by Peters. (McKenzie Lange/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP)

Grand jury to investigate election-equipment tampering in Colorado

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In this Aug. 7, 2019 file photo, passers-by walk past a makeshift memorial for the slain and injured victims of a mass shooting that occurred in the Oregon District in Dayton, Ohio. Newly released Dayton police records say all of the people killed outside a strip of nightclubs appear to have been shot at random. The FBI finished its investigation late last year without determining whether accused shooter Connor Betts intentionally shot his sister. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Police find no evidence Dayton mass shooter targeted sister

By John Seewer - Associated Press

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Cruz, Cotton grill DOJ officials over Capitol riot mystery man Ray Epps

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Igor Danchenko leaves Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. Danchenko, a Russian analyst who contributed to a dossier of Democratic-funded research into ties between Russia and Donald Trump, was arrested on charges of lying to the FBI about his sources of information, among them an associate of Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Source for Trump-Russia dossier clings to Clinton-linked law firm to fight lying charges

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A federal agent stands in front of property connected to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska as members of the New York Police Department patrol the area, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, in New York. More than half of Republican voters believe the FBI is acting as President Biden's personal secret state police, according to a poll released Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Majority of Republicans believe FBI is acting as Biden’s ‘personal Gestapo,’ poll finds

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

Deep State Debauchery Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The deep state and its CIA and FBI tentacles

By Andrew P. Napolitano

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

In this July 31, 2020, file photo, Black Lives Matter protesters gather at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Ore. At least two federal buildings in Portland have been closed and the FBI is investigating after a threat of violence was reported, the officials said Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Investigators are trying to determine whether the threat is credible, the FBI said in a statement. The Mark O. Hatfield Federal courthouse, which was the site of weeks of violent protests last month, was closed, as was the Portland office of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) ** FILE **

Rep. Jerry Nadler wants DOJ inspector general to probe FBI surveillance at protests

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

In this April 25, 2006, file photo, U.S. Attorney John Durham speaks to reporters on the steps of U.S. District Court in New Haven, Conn. (AP Photo/Bob Child, File)

Special counsel John Durham has spent $3.8M on Trump-Russia FBI probe

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This 2018 portrait released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Connecticut's U.S. Attorney John Durham. Tasked with examining the U.S. government's investigation into Russian election interference, special counsel John Durham charged a prominent cybersecurity lawyer on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, with making a false statement to the FBI. The case against the attorney, Michael Sussmann of the Perkins Coie law firm, is just the second prosecution brought by special counsel John Durham in two-and-a-half years of work. U.S. Department of Justice via AP, File)

Durham: Lawyer for Steele dossier source has a potential conflict of interest from Clinton ties

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. A ransomware attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 U.S. companies on Friday, July 2, 2021, according to a cybersecurity researcher whose company was responding to the incident. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) **FILE**

Cyber vulnerabilities overwhelming security professionals in government and industry

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times