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In this Jan. 22, 2016, image taken from a video released by attorney Salvatore P. Ciulla on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, on behalf of defendant Adam Hossein Nayeri, an escapee of the Orange County Jail, Nayeri carefully exposes a previously cut metal screen covering a vent at the prison in Santa Ana, Calif. The video shot by three inmates with a smuggled cellphone shows their methodical escape through the vent at the maximum-security wing of the Southern California jail last year, along with scenes from their days on the run. (Salvatore P. Ciulla via AP)
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In this Jan. 22, 2016, image taken from a video released by attorney Salvatore P. Ciulla on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, on behalf of defendant Adam Hossein Nayeri, an escapee of the Orange County Jail, Nayeri stops to give a thumbs-up as he disappears into a vent at the prison in Santa Ana, Calif. The video shot by three inmates with a smuggled cellphone shows their methodical escape through the vent at the maximum-security wing of the Southern California jail last year, along with scenes from their days on the run. (Salvatore P. Ciulla via AP)
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FILE - This Aug. 31, 2015, file photo shows telescopes on the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii's Big Island. A hearings officer is recommending that a construction permit be granted for a giant telescope planned for a Hawaii mountain summit that some consider sacred. Retired judge Riki May Amano is overseeing contested-case hearings for the Thirty Meter Telescope and issued her recommendation Wednesday, July 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)
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Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Aaron Nola throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
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Philadelphia Phillies' Cameron Rupp hits a two-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
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Passengers from the Emerald Princess cruise ship wait on shore for excursions to explore the Juneau, Alaska area, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The passengers were allowed off the ship late Wednesday afternoon. The FBI is investigating the domestic dispute death of a Utah woman on board the ship, which had been traveling in U.S. waters outside Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Passengers of the Emerald Princess cruise ship disembark on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska, hours after arriving at port. A domestic dispute aboard the cruise ship led to the death of a 39-year-old Utah woman, and the FBI is investigating what happened in U.S. waters off Alaska, the agency said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Several passengers of the Emerald Princess cruise ship bide their time on deck while waiting to disembark on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. The FBI is investigating the domestic dispute death of a Utah woman on board the ship, which was traveling in U.S. waters outside Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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This photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Public Safety shows Shylo Kaena Akuna. A judge sentenced Akuna, a Hawaii man, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, to four years in prison for harassing a pregnant Hawaiian monk seal last year, Kauai Prosecuting Attorney said. (Hawaii Department of Public Safety via AP)
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Thomas Homan, then-acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said, "People who don't think we should enforce immigration law — I wish they'd hang out with me for a week" and see what he sees. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Illustration on the president's struggles with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his Justice Department by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte (4) smiles as he celebrates his two-run inside-the-park home run against the Atlanta Braves with Daniel Descalso (3) during the third inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Atlanta Braves' Luke Jackson (58) waits for a new baseball after giving up a two-run home run to Arizona Diamondbacks' J.D. Martinez, right, during the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Atlanta Braves' Brandon Phillips, middle, smiles as he walks through the dugout after scoring a run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Arizona Diamondbacks' Gregor Blanco eludes the tag attempt by Atlanta Braves' Johan Camargo as Blanco dives for third base during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks' Blanco was awarded a stolen base on the play. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Arizona Diamondbacks' J.D. Martinez (28) points to the sky after hitting a two-run home run as Atlanta Braves' Tyler Flowers, left, pauses at home plate during the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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FILE - In this May 19, 2017 file photo, Brooke Covington, a member of the Word of Faith Fellowship church in Spindale, N.C., leaves a hearing at Rutherford County Courthouse accompanied by an attorney, Joshua Valentine, in Rutherfordton, N.C. Covington and other church members are accused of kidnapping and assaulting Matthew Fenner, a former church member, because he is gay. Covington, 58, has pleaded innocent to one count each of kidnapping and assault. If convicted, she faces up to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
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FILE - In this 2012 photo provided by a former member of the church, Word of Faith Fellowship leader Jane Whaley, center left, holds a member's infant daughter, accompanied by her husband, Sam, right, and others during a ceremony in the church's compound in Spindale, N.C. In July 2017, Brazilian federal police told AP the justice department has asked for 2012 inquiry to be reopened into complaints that Word of Faith Fellowship’s two churches in the country were illegally sending minors to the United States. (AP Photo)
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Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski speaks with members of the media outside of his home in Allentown, Pa., Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Pawlowski and the former mayor of Reading have been indicted on federal corruption charges for engaging in a series of pay-to-play schemes where the politicians shook down businesses and individuals for campaign contributions in exchange for political favors, according to court papers released Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2014 file photo, Henry McCollum walks out of prison after being released from Central Prison in Raleigh, N.C. Lawyer fees and high-interest loans are threatening the financial futures of the two North Carolina brothers who have collected hundreds of thousands of dollars for their three decades of wrongful imprisonment, a court-appointed advocate said Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The advocate argued in a legal motion that McCollum and Leon Brown were steered into dubious financial arrangements by lawyers who stand to profit from the men's lawsuit against the investigators who put them behind bars. (AP Photo/Michael Biesecker, File)
