SAN FRANCISCO – 10/14/20 – A federal jury convicted Ross Gordon Laverty of multiple felonies in connection with mailing two explosive devices with the intent to injure or kill his targets, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector in Charge Rafael Nuñez. The verdict was delivered after a one-week […]
NEW BERN, N.C. – 10/13/20 – A Havelock man pleaded guilty today to Theft of Mail by a Postal Employee. According to the United States, William E. Lundy, Sr., 41, worked as a time clerk in the Trenton Post Office. From June 2019 through January 2020, Lundy rifled through the outgoing and incoming mail and […]
WASHINGTON, DC — 10/13/20 – With the November election less than a month away, Postmaster Louis DeJoy today reiterated his great faith in the fundamental integrity of the employees of the United States Postal Service and expressed tremendous confidence in their commitment and readiness throughout the organization. “The more than 630,000 men and women of […]
OIG: Payments to Injured Employees Objective Our objective was to determine whether the Postal Service is properly paying its injured employees. Postal Service employees are covered by the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA). The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers FECA, determines injured employees’ eligibility for benefits, and pays […]
Quite possibly, a bitter, unprecedented election dispute awaits Americans. 10/13/20 – Earlier this year, the New York State Board of Elections took six weeks to declare that U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney had narrowly defeated her primary challenger, Suraj Patel. The reason: because of COVID-19, the U.S. Postal Service was overwhelmed by the staggering, unprecedented number of […]
BALDWIN, Pa. (KDKA) — Special agents from the United States Postal Service raided the home of an Allegheny County mail carrier over the weekend. At a time when public confidence in mail delivery is low, a mail carrier is suspected of putting out his deliveries with the morning trash. Special agents from the United States […]
Washington, D.C. — 10/11/20 – Today Congressman Denver Riggleman co-sponsored H.R. 8285, the Election Fraud Prevention Act, in an effort to improve the security of the mail-in ballot process and safeguard the 2020 election. This bipartisan legislation was introduced by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI-02) and Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL-13) in response to the threat of […]
Forget to put your ballot inside these sleeves, and in some states your vote won’t count. On top of that, your ballot may be visible to anybody. FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — 10/09/20 – Many voters will trust the US Postal Service to get their ballots to county officials on time for the 2020 election. Virginia […]
ENFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — 10/09/20 – News 8 is your Election Headquarters. It’s a story we first broke back in September. Our political team investigated why more than 200 -absentee ballot addressed to Connecticut residents, mainly in Enfield, arrived weeks after the August Primary. “There does appear to be some kind of issue to suggest […]
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — The United States Postal Service is under intense pressure to deliver absentee ballots in time to be counted this November. Mail delivery has slowed down recently, and federal courts have ordered a halt to some changes implemented by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. The Postal Service is also facing a growing problem […]