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Hillary Clinton hit the requisite number of 2,383 delegates needed to become the presumptive Democratic nominee after a decisive weekend victory in Puerto Rico. (Associated Press)

DOJ watchdog completes Hillary Clinton report

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 3, 2012 file photo, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) **FILE**

FBI employees who fail polygraph tests could still access classified information: IG report

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her Blackberry from a desk inside a C-17 military plane upon her departure from Malta, in the Mediterranean Sea, bound for Tripoli, Libya. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool, File)

Missing texts between FBI officials trashing Donald Trump recovered

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. Charles Grassley, Iowa Republican and Judiciary Committee Chairman (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama admin struggles to justify limits on federal watchdogs

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Astronaut and former Sen. John Glenn says that inspectors general require "unfettered access" to investigate the agencies they are supposed to monitor rather than getting permission from agencies to do so. (Associated Press)

Inspectors general want Congress to protect their oversight power

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Astronaut and former Sen. John Glenn says that inspectors general require "unfettered access" to investigate the agencies they are supposed to monitor rather than getting permission from agencies to do so. (Associated Press)

Inspectors general push Congress to protect watchdogs from Obama admin

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama points to the audience as he departs after speaking at the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty at Gaston Hall at Georgetown University in Washington, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. The president said that &quot;it's a mistake&quot; to think efforts to stamp out poverty have failed and the government is powerless to address it. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama administration restricts investigative powers of inspectors general

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 9, 2008 file photo, Debbie Coluter, a certified nursing assistant, holds the hand of an elderly inmate with Alzheimer's disease, as she helps him to his cell at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) **FILE**

Elderly federal prison inmates not provided safe environment, report finds

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz goes before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee a day after he faulted the department for disregard of public safety in "Operation Fast and Furious," the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' program that allowed hundreds of guns to reach Mexican drug gangs, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Michael Horowitz, Justice Department watchdog, sees little change in bad behavior

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa (Associated Press) **FILE**

Chuck Grassley, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, asks for investigation of FBI program

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Justice Dept. officials hampering internal probes: watchdog

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Kate Puzey was killed shortly after reporting suspicions of sexual abuse in the Peace Corps. Her name is on an act led by congressional Republicans to grant whistleblower protection, improve treatment of sexual assault victims and implement preventive training and education in the Peace Corps. (Puzey family via Associated Press)

Investigators use Peace Corps act to push for information on sexual assaults

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Attorney General Eric Holder is questioned about the Justice Department secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justice Dept. has blown $100M on faulty grants: IG

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Egyptians celebrate the news of the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, who handed control of the country to the military, at night in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo on Feb. 11, 2011. (Associated Press)

Experts’ predictions of the future have a history of being wrong

By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times

President Obama participates Sept. 20, 2012, in a town hall hosted by Univision and Univision news anchor Maria Elena Salinas (left) at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. (Associated Press)

Obama: IG report should end criticism of Holder

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, California Republican, hears Sept. 20, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington from Inspector General Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department's internal watchdog, the day after he issued a report faulting the department for disregard of public safety in "Operation Fast and Furious," the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' program that allowed hundreds of guns to reach Mexican drug gangs. (Associated Press)

Issa: IG report step toward restoring faith

By Pete Yost - Associated Press