Eric Lichtblau

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Can We Rein in the Power of the Presidency After Trump?

There are at least 81 million or so Americans who would like to forget all about Donald Trump and his presidency. Late-night television host Stephen Colbert has stopped saying his name altogether, referring to him...

By Eric Lichtblau June 11, 2021

DOJ OKs Armed Agents During Vote Counting

The guidance emailed to U.S. attorneys and obtained by TIME appears to skirt a federal statute and raises concerns about Trump administration efforts to sway ballot-counting

By Eric Lichtblau November 5, 2020

USPS Watchdog Probes Change of Address Failure

The USPS watchdog is investigating the failure to update 1.8 million addresses in August as states were preparing to mail ballots

By Eric Lichtblau October 13, 2020

USPS Fails to Update 1.8 Million Addresses

As states prepared to send out tens of millions of ballots, USPS inexplicably stopped fully updating its change-of-address database.

By Eric Lichtblau September 28, 2020

Questions Remain About Putin's Request for a Back Channel to the Trump Transition

A few weeks before Donald Trump became president, Russian banker Petr Aven, a billionaire oligarch with Moscow's Alfa Bank, pulled aside Washington lobbyist Richard Burt at a corporate meeting in Luxembourg with a sensitive request....

By Eric Lichtblau May 21, 2019

'Our House Is on Fire.' Elections Officials Worry About Midterms Security

"This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for American democracy"

By Eric Lichtblau September 5, 2018

The Inspector General's Report Was a Blow to James Comey

It hits right at his reputation for integrity

By Eric Lichtblau June 14, 2018

The FBI Is in Crisis. It's Worse Than You Think

In normal times, the televisions are humming at the FBI's 56 field offices nationwide, piping in the latest news as agents work their investigations. But these days, some agents say, the TVs are often off...

By Eric Lichtblau May 3, 2018
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