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President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., closes a door to a private meeting with Vice President-elect JD Vance and Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Dems call on FBI to release Gaetz file

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. A federal judge in Texas on Friday, March 8, 2024, upheld a key piece of President Joe Biden’s immigration policy that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds, dismissing a challenge from Republican-led states that said the program created an economic burden on them. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Welfare recipients, criminals allowed to sponsor illegal immigrants under Biden ‘parole’ program

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., closes a door to a private meeting with Vice President-elect JD Vance and Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gaetz meets with GOP senators on nomination as ethics panel declines to release report

By Mallory Wilson and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Special prosecutor Nathan Wade looks on during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Friday, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. A progressive Democrat and a Republican who briefly worked in Donald Trump's administration entered the Fulton County district attorney's race Friday, March 8, 2024, as the current officeholder, Fani Willis, awaits a judge's decision on whether she will be removed from the Georgia election interference case against the former president because of a relationship with Wade. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz, Pool, File)

Special prosecutor in Georgia’s case against Trump met with Biden officials

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

The Washington Monument is barricaded with police tape in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Anti-crime programs in the District are heavy on government bureaucracy and short on human interaction, according to a new coalition of neighborhood leaders who see mentoring and directly intervening with troubled teens and young people as more effective. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

House Judiciary Committee links Democratic policies to increased crime

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, questions U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, at the Capitol, Monday, July 22, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell, File)

Jim Jordan wants to grill FBI contractor who created ‘Trump questionnaire’

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, speaks during the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Jim Jordan subpoenas firm that employs Judge Merchan’s daughter Loren

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents transfer an immigrant after an early morning raid in Duarte, Calif., Monday, June 6, 2022. This weekend, the Biden administration said it would suspend an order prioritizing the arrest and deportation of immigrants considered a threat to public safety and national security in order to comply with a ruling earlier in June 2022 from a Texas judge. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Machete-wielder at Capitol was illegal immigrant released despite being ‘priority’ for detention

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Border Patrol agent checks a migrant seeking asylum before the man is transported and processed, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near Dulzura, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

One-third flagged by terror watchlist freed under Biden; top-secret data hides dangers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio talks to Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on what Republicans say is the politicization of the FBI and Justice Department and attacks on American civil liberties on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Republican lawmakers demand info from more than 130 companies about ESG initiative

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., attends a homeland security and governmental affairs subcommittee hearing regarding the proposed PGA Tour-LIV Golf partnership at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

Senate Judiciary Committee sinks Biden judicial nominee Sarah Netburn

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., votes for Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., in the House chamber as the House meets for a second day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Luna forces vote to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in inherent contempt

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks in the Cross Hall of the White House Monday, July 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Documents confirm CIA involvement in domestic deception campaign

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, Thursday, June 27, 2024. The Justice Department has charged nearly 200 people in a sweeping crackdown on health care fraud schemes nationwide with false claims topping $2.7 billion. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House committee sues Merrick Garland to compel release of special counsel’s Biden tapes

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

House Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, bangs the gavel during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Department of Justice, June 4, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House is expected to vote on a resolution holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified documents case. The contempt action represents House Republicans’ latest and strongest rebuke of the Justice Department and of Garland’s leadership. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Biden’s ghostwriter could be held in contempt of Congress

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Merrick Garland, facing contempt vote, will testify before Congress next month

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Eli Crane, a Republican candidate for the 2nd Congressional District in Arizona, is introduced by former President Donald Trump as Trump speaks at a &quot;Save America&quot; rally on July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. The vast 2nd Congressional District in Arizona will be a key factor in determining which political party has the majority in the state's delegation. Former Navy SEAL Eli Crane emerged from a crowded field of Republicans in the primary to take on Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom O'Halleran in the Nov. 8 general election. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

GOP congressman calls Biden’s border handling ‘treasonous’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget hearing on Capitol Hill, Monday, April 15, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

House Republicans plan to hold AG Merrick Garland in contempt over Biden audio

By Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner takes part in a news conference in Philadelphia, Monday, March 11, 2024. Krasner announced Monday, March 18, 2024, that a man who spent more than a decade in prison after his arrest as a teen won't be retried in a 2011 quadruple shooting. C.J. Rice, now 30, has been free since a federal judge late last year found his trial lawyer deficient and the state's case weak. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Republicans blame Philadelphia’s liberal D.A. for crime spike; Democrats say surge is over

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

iPhone 7's screen shows several social media application icons. (File photo credit: Wachiwit via Shutterstock)

Documents reveal Biden’s pressure campaign to censor Facebook, YouTube, Amazon

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times