{"id":70094,"date":"2026-05-18T21:04:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/18\/trump-orders-justice-department-to-investigate-mail-ballots-in-maryland-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T21:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:04:24","slug":"trump-orders-justice-department-to-investigate-mail-ballots-in-maryland-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/18\/trump-orders-justice-department-to-investigate-mail-ballots-in-maryland-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump orders Justice Department to investigate mail ballots in Maryland &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNMmxsaEtpSjVTdXNjNkdYNE90Nmk3LUYwWEtBdkpwbTBZZWNmMGRxaEdRaUxmRmdaNWd4MmJWQ2VqelFQN0YwSGw3d3k5WlFJUjFWRjlnamFRbDhtRlU1b1lfM0pmMm55WXBYUFB6VGV4ZW9ZZzRvb09PNzljZGtfVW0tVkpBZ2NKRG9zRDV6a2p2eF9HaDJhZ0hJWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump orders Justice Department to investigate mail ballots in Maryland<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxPakNlZWtMMlNZWjF3V25tWE1QemJHM2hfVUk2YV9Cb1ZVM0dFNk9YLThxZUctbEJGS0F1U2tCeWk0ZnNlZlBJNi1uM2ZmTmxIazlucUh5enZaRVhRaUdSYVR3YlB2M2VJa3BabmowWmlHaXhyNktrcmg2Y0JaZlBSbGZGZDBwVFJkQkxzOEVnbk8wb2tILXNOa3puZEJHX2ZoMEgzQmxaSVpBTW9QRTFHdEtHZUc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump calls for DOJ investigation after mail ballot error in Maryland<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNN3dFUlU2X0RpckRrT2kzREpHV3R0emdxVDNsMUVacEZ1WTFnQi1TZmswb2ZCeUg4VDdhZWNZSTVLZDNfdlNiZGh4cXZtUEtCMGVZbVZ6aEpraHhrUmRDT0dyUXdma21LNXNIVE4zakllWFlsU1MwdVhILWJwTVVpekMwQXVjQTF3THZpWC1vMml0bDZjUkIySG5NT2Fsc091eWl0WQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland Board of Elections pushes back on Trump&#8217;s claim of 500,000 fake mail-in ballots<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland ballot blunder triggers GOP push for federal review of blue state&#8217;s voter rolls<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fox News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxNd0psajhRa0JRbnRqVEI3T2ZVMDhTRHpLUDVacGtydFdMWGpVU001S2lVOFE2QUJ1YWhWTW9TQmlLY2JxbWhJaEFsd1JFY0t4UHZ0VG8tckk5Rjd3a2tZZGRCY1lpSnFFekpaYW5rcTQxR2RaMFlTUU53VFRkZE83TmRfT29haTdnSlIydUxpUm15VW5aRURIUkFIcjc3SnRzaGw2NDRMTVg5OThXZ25lag?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Got the wrong mail-in ballot? Here&#8217;s what to do<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WBAL-TV<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump orders Justice Department to investigate mail ballots in Maryland&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Trump calls for DOJ investigation after mail ballot error in Maryland&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News Maryland Board of&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/18\/trump-orders-justice-department-to-investigate-mail-ballots-in-maryland-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}