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Investigators say a former top Justice Department official made false statements to Congress and violated federal law in overseeing the agency's civil rights division. The accusations against Bradley Schlozman, the former acting head of the civil rights division, are included in a new report by the department's inspector general, Glenn Fine. Tuesday's report is the latest of several inquiries that found senior Justice Department officials violated civil service laws under the tenure of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Gonzales has denied knowledge of the conduct by his deputies, but the series of reports paints a disturbing portrait of the nation's...