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Michael Sussmann faces one charge of lying to the FBI ahead of the 2016 presidential election. It's the first courtroom test for special counsel John Durham, appointed by the Trump administration.

Thomas Barrack, who chaired the former president's inauguration committee, has been arrested on federal charges that he acted as an agent of a foreign government.

But the attorney general would not confirm that a federal probe on the matter is underway. He said the Justice Department would "look at the facts and the law and take it from there."

The U.S. Parole Commission has been undercounting prisoners under its jurisdiction, the latest in a string of troubles to plague the federal agency.

In a speech delivered Wednesday, the attorney general said the Justice Department "will follow the facts wherever they lead. ...The actions we have taken thus far will not be our last."

The moves are part of the Biden administration's push to demonstrate it is on guard amid new voting restrictions proposed and enacted by Republican-led states.

Some legal experts argue that the profession needs to engage in deep soul-searching after serious abuses of ethics rules by attorneys in the Trump years.

Federal authorities on Wednesday searched the home of former Justice official Jeff Clark, who supported Trump's voting fraud claims and features heavily in today's Jan. 6 committee hearings

Federal prosecutors charged Steve Bannon over his defiance of a subpoena from the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol siege.

Stuart Delery will replace her. Also, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will advise the White House on public engagement and Julie Rodriguez will be promoted to senior advisor.