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In this Dec. 17, 2015, file photo, Martin Shkreli leaves the courthouse after his arraignment in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Martin Shkreli gets extra time to fight Congress

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Michele Leonhart speaks in Arlington, Va., on July 26, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**

House members denounce DEA administrator

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Joseph Clancy promise results in subpoenas for 2 Secret Service agents

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, California Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Darrell Issa claims proof of DOJ working with Democrats to leak documents

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, questions Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen as lawmakers continue their probe of whether tea party groups were improperly targeted for increased scrutiny by the IRS, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Issa keeps pressure on White House on subpoena of presidential adviser

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican and the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has a rare light moment as his panel questions Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen in the probe of whether tea party groups were improperly targeted for scrutiny. (Associated Press)

GOP airs ‘credibility problem’ with IRS

By Stephen Ohlemacher - Associated Press

Politics aside: Rep. Trey Gowdy, a former prosecutor who will lead the inquiry, is respected by members of both parties. He says he will not use the Benghazi tragedy to raise money. (Associated Press)

John Boehner picks fact-finders for Benghazi committee who appeal to big constituencies

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (right), California Republican, with the committee's ranking member, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat, continues his probe of whether tea party groups were improperly targeted for increased scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service as the panel questions IRS Commissioner John Koskinen on March 26, 2014, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Issa: IRS worked with Democrats to attack tea party group True the Vote

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Former IRS official Lois Lerner speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 5, 2014, during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the the agency's targeting of tea party groups, where she invoked her constitutional right not to incriminate herself. (Associated Press)

House GOP sets first vote to hold Lois Lerner in contempt over IRS targeting

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, prior to testifying before the House Oversight Committee hearing probing whether tea party groups were improperly targeted for increased scrutiny by the government&#8217;s tax agency. Earlier this month, IRS official Lois Lerner was called to testify about the controversy but refused to answer questions by committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and invoked her Fifth Amendment rights at least nine times. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

IRS stonewalls probe of tea party targeting emails

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Oversight Committee Republicans' new report accuses Lois G. Lerner of "reckless handling" of sensitive taxpayer information because she forwarded it from her government account to a private email. (Associated Press)

Eric Holder pressed for Lois Lerner interview details by Issa, Jordan

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

IRS employee Lois G. Lerner testified in May for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, where she asserted her Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination and proclaimed her innocence. (Associated Press)

House Republicans recall Lois Lerner to explain IRS targeting: panel will compel testimony

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Oct. 9, 2013, file photo, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Issa: FBI impeding inquiry into IRS targeting of conservative groups

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama points to a member of the audience at a meeting in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, May 14, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Oversight Dems to Issa: Withdraw subpoena of Obamacare aide

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 16, 2013, before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Obama's fiscal 2014 federal budget. (Associated Press)

Issa to subpoena Treasury Secretary Lew over tea party targeting

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Aaron Alexis was captured on video moving through the hallways of Building 197 at the Washington Navy Yard on Sept. 16 carrying a Remington 870 shotgun. FBI officials said he did not specifically target his shooting victims and was "prepared to die." (FBI via Associated Press)

House committee demands unredacted security clearance report on Navy Yard gunman

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Adm. Mike Mullen. (Associated Press)

Benghazi investigators gave Hillary Clinton heads-up on findings

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** "Every public official has to use her best judgment in ensuring appropriate use of personal emails," says Environmental Protection Agency ex-chief Lisa P. Jackson. (Associated Press)

Technology entangles federal officials in open-records quagmires

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013. (Associated Press)

Rep. Darrell Issa issues Benghazi subpoenas to State Department, calls delay ‘irresponsible’

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times