The Trump Administration Has Gone After a Mailman and a Cyclist. Who’s Next?

Ms. Oyer was the Department of Justice pardon attorney from 2022 to 2025.

When the deputy attorney general personally announces an indictment from Justice Department headquarters, it signals a matter of national importance. So when Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter announced that he would hold his first news conference, observers rightly expected a major case.

Instead, Mr. McCotter announced an indictment of a rogue postal worker for improperly disposing of mail. The Utah mail carrier, Damon Matai Seei, was apparently covering a colleague’s delivery route at the time. By his own admission, he........

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