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The Justice Department indicted a former U.S. Postal Service worker in Utah for allegedly discarding hundreds of mail-in ballots. Federal prosecutors charged Damon Matai Seei with the unlawful secretion, destruction, and delay of mail. Reports indicate the discarded items included approximately 300 mail-in ballots intended for voters ahead of a primary election.
Outlets across the political spectrum agree that a former Utah postal worker was indicted by the Justice Department for discarding hundreds of mail-in ballots.
While center and right-leaning outlets such as The Hill, Fox News, and the Washington Examiner focused strictly on the Utah postal worker indictment, The New Republic covered an entirely different Department of Justice investigation involving a grand conspiracy probe regarding President Trump. Center and right outlets emphasized the specific details of the discarded ballots in Utah, whereas the left-leaning outlet highlighted broader federal investigative actions.
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Justice Department indicts former postal worker for tossing out mail-in ballots in Utah
The Justice Department (DOJ) unsealed an indictment Tuesday accusing a former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee of throwing out around 300 mail-in ballots in Utah. A federal grand jury indicted 34-year-old Damon Matai Seei, of Payson, Utah, last Wednesday on one count of unlawful secretion, destruction, and delay of mail, according to unsealed court…
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Source context: Damon Matai Seei was arrested and charged with unlawful secretion, destruction and delay of mail.
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The Justice Department is pressing on with its “grand conspiracy” case against federal officials who investigated President Trump, even after the head of that effort—Joe diGenova, counselor to the attorney general—controversially resigned.DiGenova, a former Reagan administration prosecutor, Trump personal attorney, and peddler of the narrative that Trump…
Postal worker threw out 300 mail-in ballots out of self-described ‘laziness,’ DOJ says
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The Justice Department (DOJ) unsealed an indictment Tuesday accusing a former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee of throwing out around 300 mail-in ballots in Utah. A federal grand jury indicted 34-year-old Damon Matai Seei, of Payson, Utah, last Wednesday on one count of unlawful secretion, destruction, and delay of mail, according to unsealed court…
Damon Matai Seei was arrested and charged with unlawful secretion, destruction and delay of mail.
The Justice Department says a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier in Utah threw out more than 300 mail ballots that were being sent to voters for the state's June primary.
Justice Department officials are pressing forward with an investigation of President Donald Trump's foes despite the departure of prosecutor Joe diGenova, who had been leading it for months
Investigators face not only legal hurdles and personnel upheaval but an impatient White House after more than a year of fits and starts.
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Federal prosecutors have charged a former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in Utah with allegedly throwing away hundreds of pieces of mail, including about 300 mail-in ballots intended for voters in Eagle Mountain ahead of the state’s June primary. A federal grand jury indicted Damon Matai Seei, 34, of Payson, Utah, on Sept. 16 on…
Damon Matai Seei allegedly separated over 300 mail-in ballots from other mail at the start of his shift and discarded them within 90 minutes.
