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FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2013, file photo, a photo of Rev. Robert Brennan, right, is displayed during a news conference in Philadelphia. Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia charged Brennan, a former Roman Catholic priest with lying to the FBI about whether he knew the accuser and his family. Two years ago U.S. attorney William McSwain in Philadelphia joined the long line of ambitious prosecutors investigating the Roman Catholic church's handling of priest-abuse complaints. The Justice Department had never brought a conspiracy case against the church. McSwain sent subpoenas to dioceses across Pennsylvania asking them to turn over their files and submit to grand jury testimony if asked. The dioceses pledged to comply. But as McSwain's tenure nears its end as President-elect Joe Biden takes office next month, there's no sign that any sweeping church indictment is afoot. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2019 file photo, Wilfredo Carrasquillo, center, and other protesters demonstrate in support of a proposed supervised injection site, outside the federal courthouse in Philadelphia. A federal appeals court became the latest panel to wrestle with the nation’s opioid epidemic as judges reviewed a plan Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, to open a medically supervised injection site in Philadelphia.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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FILE - In this June 21, 2019 file photo, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania William McSwain speaks with members of the media at a news conference at the U.S. Custom House in Philadelphia. A federal judge ruled Wednesday, Oct. 2, that a Philadelphia nonprofit’s proposal to open the nation’s first supervised injection site does not violate federal law,the first court decision in the country to definitively weigh in on the matter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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U.S. Attorney William McSwain announces the arrest of Gregory Dow, 60, of Lancaster, Pa. during a news conference at the Lancaster County Courthouse Friday July 12, 2019, in Lancaster, Pa. Dow is accused of four counts of violating a U.S. law against sexual contact with minors in foreign countries.Dow fled Kenya in September 2017, around the time he was accused in that country of sexual abuse of girls at the Dow Family Children's Home in Boito, McSwain said. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

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In this Aug. 29, 2018, file photo, U.S. Attorney William McSwain is shown at a news conference in Philadelphia. David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)

William McSwain, Philadelphia U.S. attorney, files lawsuit to stop safe injection site from opening

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Shey Hall, left, 35, of New Jersey, and Evan Figueroa-Vargas, 37, of Mayfair, hold a banner in protest outside of the U.S. Attorney's office in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. U.S. Attorney William McSwain has filed a suit to stop a nonprofit from opening the nation's first supervised drug injection site to address Philadelphia's opioid problem. (Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

US attorney in Philadelphia sues over safe injection site

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In this Aug. 29, 2018, file photo, U.S. Attorney William McSwain is shown at a news conference in Philadelphia. David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)

Philadelphia’s 2 top prosecutors trade war of words

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