Tag - Senate Judiciary Committee

Snapshot Field Detail Full name Kathleen Hawk Sawyer Profession Psychologist and federal corrections administrator Principal public office Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons First BOP directorship 1992 to 2003, as the agency’s sixth director Second BOP directorship August 19, 2019 to February 25, 2020, as the agency’s tenth director Historical distinctions First woman to ... Read more

Heather Ashley’s investigation, The DOJ’s Child Sex Crimes Unit Watched One of Its Own Go to Work for Epstein, examines a previously overlooked member of Jeffrey Epstein’s legal team. Stephanie Dawn Thacker was formerly the Principal Deputy Chief of the Justice Department’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section. After leaving the government, she entered private practice ... Read more

Snapshot On July 16, 2026, the Senate Judiciary Committee held the second day of its hearing on Todd Blanche’s nomination to become United States attorney general. The CSPAN recording of the witness panel preserves testimony from Epstein survivor Dani Bensky, former Justice Department Pardon Attorney Elizabeth Oyer, former Attorney General John Ashcroft, law enforcement advocate ... Read more