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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 18, 2014, file photo, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite speaks during a news conference on the results of an international operation involving an underground child pornography website in Washington. Amid a whistleblower letter unsealed in April 2021, Polite, President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the U.S. Justice Department’s criminal division, is facing new scrutiny over a plea deal he brokered with Louisiana district attorney Harry Morel who was accused of coercing sexual favors from as many as two dozen women. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Biden pick for key DOJ job criticized over deal in sex case

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FILE - In this April 20, 2016, file photo, Harry Morel, a former district attorney for St. Charles Parish, La., arrives with his attorney Ralph Capitelli, right, at federal court in New Orleans. Morel, accused of extorting sexual favors from more than 20 women in exchange for favorable treatment from his office, is being sued by the mother of Danelle Keim, one of his alleged victims. The racketeering lawsuit was filed in state court Monday, April 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Woman sues ex-prosecutor accused of trading sex for leniency

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