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In this July 19, 2019, photo, acting Director of the Bureau of Prisons Hugh Hurwitz speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. Hurwitz has been removed from his post more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life while in federal custody. Attorney General William Barr announced Hugh Hurwitz’s termination Monday, Aug. 19. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

US prisons chief removed from position after Epstein’s death

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., addresses a crowd during ceremonies before the start of the Roxbury Unity Parade, Sunday, July 21, 2019, in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) ** FILE **

House Oversight Committee to investigate resumption of federal executions

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Democrats want answers from Barr on federal executions

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United States Attorney General William Barr, listens to New Orleans Mayor, LaToya Cantrell, during the opening of the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police's 64th National Biennial Conference at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on Convention Blvd. in New Orleans, La. Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. (David Grunfeld/The Advocate via AP)

Barr defends police, takes swipe at progressive prosecutors

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

New York City medical examiner personnel leave their vehicle and walk to the Manhattan Correctional Center where financier Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, Saturday Aug. 10, 2019, in New York. Epstein was found in his cell at the facility Saturday morning, according to the officials, who was briefed on the matter but spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to discuss it publicly. The medical examiner's office in Manhattan confirmed Epstein's death. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Jeffrey Epstein guard on night of suicide not a corrections officer, source says

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Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., is shown in a Judiciary Committee hearing in this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo. (Jim Bourg/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Ben Sasse: ‘Heads must roll’ after Jeffrey Epstein suicide

By Michael Balsamo - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 29, 2019 file photo, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, left, and U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, right, arrive at a roundtable discussion at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium in Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska Native villages are receiving almost $5 million from the U.S. Justice Department to combat numerous public safety problems, including no law enforcement presence in some communities. The announcement Tuesday, July 30, 2019, comes nearly two months after Barr met with tribal representatives during a visit to the state who detailed slow response times from authorities, violence against women and abuse of alcohol and drugs, including opioids. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Alaska Native villages get $5M to combat rural violence

By RACHEL D'ORO - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the census as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross listens during an event with President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White House, Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House holds 2 Trump officials in contempt in census dispute

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the census as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross listens during an event with President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White House, Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: White House slams contempt vote for officials

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Attorney General William Barr speaks during a tour of a federal prison Monday, July 8, 2019, in Edgefield, S.C. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Barr: Mueller’s Hill testimony will be ‘public spectacle’

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

This May 14, 2013, file photo shows the Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington early in the morning. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File) **FILE**

Barr sees a way for census to legally ask about citizenship

By MIKE BALSAMO - Associated Press

FILE - This July 10, 2018 file photo shows a sign that reads &quot;Families Belong Together&quot; on a fence outside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash. A federal judge in Seattle on Friday, June 28, 2019, is hearing a challenge to a new Trump administration policy that would keep thousands of asylum seekers locked up while they pursue their cases, instead of allowing them to be released on bond. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Judge weighs new US policy keeping asylum seekers locked up

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr speaks at the U.S. Attorneys' National Conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Feds allocate $10M to combat violence in rural Alaska

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., listens during opening statements as as House Democrats start a hearing to examine whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice, the first of several hearings scheduled by Democrats on special counsel Robert Mueller's report, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 10, 2019. The panel will focus on testimony from former White House counsel John Dean, a star witness from Watergate who helped bring down Richard Nixon's presidency. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi says Dems ‘not even close’ to starting impeachment

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr, gestures as he speaks during a graduation ceremony for students of the Federal Bureau of Investigations National Academy at the FBI training facility in Quantico, Va., Friday, June 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Justice Dept.: Review of Russia probe ‘broad in scope’

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr, gestures as he speaks during a graduation ceremony for students of the Federal Bureau of Investigations National Academy at the FBI training facility in Quantico, Va., Friday, June 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

William Barr compares return to Justice Department to D-Day invasion

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Rep. Adam Schiff speaks at a conversation session with Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, titled "A Constitutional Clash: A Separation of Powers In A Tumultuous Time," at Los Angeles Police Headquarters Thursday, May 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) ** FILE **

Adam Schiff demands intel chiefs notify him of AG Barr’s probe into origins of Russia investigation

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this April 18, 2019, file photo, Attorney General William Barr speaks about the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington. Barr is taking aim judges who issue rulings blocking nationwide policies. Barr is speaking May 21 to the American Law Institute. He says judges who issue these so-called nationwide injunctions are hampering President Donald Trump’s agenda. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

William Barr: Mueller’s legal assessment ‘did not reflect the views of the’ Justice Department

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Special counsel Robert Muller speaks at the Department of Justice Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Washington, about the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The Latest: Barr declines to agree on treason claim

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In this May 1, 2019, photo, Attorney General William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

William Barr breaks with Donald Trump: Obama officials did not commit ‘treason’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times