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The former Supreme Court nominee will face the Senate this week as President Biden's pick to lead the Justice Department. If confirmed, he'll inherit a department reeling from political scandals.

Experts said any decision about how a Biden Justice Department might handle a case against President Trump will pose huge legal and political challenges.

More than 1,000 people are serving life sentences in Pennsylvania, even though they never intended to kill anyone — 70% of them are Black. A lawsuit calls the concept cruel and unconstitutional.

More than 3,100 are moving out of the Bureau of Prisons system on Friday and the Justice Department is making other changes to comply with a law passed by Congress last year.

Mueller, a decorated veteran and long-serving prosecutor, returned to public life to lead the most-watched — and yet lowest-profile — Washington investigation in a generation.

Reid Weingarten, a former public corruption prosecutor, was called a conservative toady and a "lefty" the same day in separate cases. But the system resists the will of any individual, he says.

The former fixer was scheduled to appear before a House committee in February. Now that's off. The president's camp has called for an investigation into Cohen's father-in-law.

"Your mission is a commitment to serving your communities," FBI Director Christopher Wray told awardees. "You're showing people kindness when they need it most."

The Russian gun rights activist had sought to establish back-channel ties between the Russian government and leading U.S. conservative groups, including the Trump campaign and the NRA.

Defense lawyers told the judge their client gave investigators extensive help and gave the country exemplary military service.