US Attorney Coverage

NC elections board, feds point fingers at each other over voter records probe

Federal prosecutors have announced an end to a sweeping, four-year-long investigation into voter fraud in North Carolina, peeling back a veil of secrecy from a probe that pitted state and federal officials against each other over a massive demand for data on every one of the state's registered voters.

Secret until now, records reveal clash over the Trump DOJ's demand for NC voter data

Feds said repeatedly they suspected "pervasive," "systemic" fraud, but in the end charged only 70 people out of millions of voters and found no conspiracy.

Tyler Dukes, The News & Observer, and Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Employee at US Attorney's Office in downtown Raleigh tests positive for COVID-19

An employee at the U.S. Attorney's Office in downtown Raleigh has tested positive for COVID-19.

Maggie Brown, Multiplatform producer

Judge calls for investigation after juror gets call in bribery case

A consultant reached out to jurors in political donor Greg Lindberg's case. A federal judge ordered him to stop and told the U.S. Attorney's Office to investigate.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Father, daughter sentenced to prison after pleading guilty in counterfeit credit card scheme

A woman and her father were sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to charges in a credit card fraud scheme, a U.S. attorney said Thursday.

Major NC campaign donor tries to get bribery charge tossed, may argue entrapment

In federal court, an attorney for N.C. insurance magnate Greg Lindberg tries to get bribery charges dismissed by arguing the definition of a bribe.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Fayetteville couple charged with stealing government money, conspiracy

A Fayetteville couple has been charged with stealing military property, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina said Friday.

Raleigh man convicted of human trafficking

Brandon Marquis Jennings, 29, was convicted of human trafficking and sex trafficking Thursday

Deborah Strange, WRAL digital journalist

Raleigh financial adviser charged with fraud

In a statement, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina said that Furman Alexander Ford, a financial adviser at New York Life Insurance, created and submitted fraudulent letters on behalf of an elderly victim for payments totaling $246,000.

Deborah Strange, WRAL digital journalist

Indicted NC GOP chairman steps aside from party's daily operations

One day after he was charged in an alleged scheme to bribe state Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, Robin Hayes on Wednesday relinquished all of his day-to-day responsibilities as chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor

NC GOP chairman, major political donor indicted in alleged bribery scheme

After months of federal investigation, multiple indictments in a massive political scandal.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Groups demand 9th District election investigation

Groups rally outside the State Board of Elections office and the U.S. Attorney's Office to demand a thorough investigation of 9th Congressional District election results.

State pointed US Justice Department to 'efforts to manipulate election results' in early 2017

"The evidence we have obtained suggest that these efforts may have taken place in the past and, if not addressed, will likely continue for future elections."

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Insurance commissioner turns campaign donation over to feds

Insurance commissioner says his campaign sent a $240,000 check to the U.S. Marshals Service as part of the Greg Lindberg investigation.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

US attorney: program increases prosecution rates of violent crimes

The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina said a new program, Take Back North Carolina, is working to keep residents safer from violent crime.

Program increases prosecution rates for violent crime

An initiative started in March called Take Back North Carolina is already working to reduce violent crime , the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina said.

Debra Morgan, WRAL anchor/reporter

DMV gets subpoena too in federal voting query

The state Division of Motor Vehicles also got a subpoena in the ongoing federal inquiry of North Carolina voting records, with investigators requesting eight years worth of voter registration applications in any language other than English.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

NC elections officials accuse feds of overreach in voter info demand

The state elections board voted Friday to challenge federal subpoenas for millions of North Carolina voter records.

State elections board to challenge federal voter records subpoenas

The state elections board voted Friday to challenge federal subpoenas for millions of North Carolina voter records.

Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

Feds say they don't want to know how NC residents voted

The U.S. Attorney's Office will delay subpoenas seeking massive amounts of state and local voter data, and it clarified Thursday that it doesn't want to know how North Carolinians voted.

DOJ delays subpoenas on voting data until 'well after' election

The U.S. Attorney's Office will delay subpoenas seeking massive amounts of state and local voter data, and it clarified Thursday that it doesn't want to know how North Carolinians voted.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter, & Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

Federal subpoenas demand 'tsunami' of NC voter records

More than 2 million ballots subpoenaed can be traced back to individual voters.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

NC GOP calls for Cooper investigation over pipeline

The state Republican Party called Tuesday on the U.S. Attorney's Office to investigate Gov. Roy Cooper over his administration's handling of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and a $57.8 million mitigation fund attached to it.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter, & Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief