Holmes Lybrand - Reporter
Holmes Lybrand
Reporter
Holmes Lybrand is a reporter for CNN, based in the Washington D.C. bureau.
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Trump’s intel pick was placed on government watch list for overseas travel and foreign connections
Nov 23, 2024
Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the intelligence community, was briefly placed on a Transportation Security Administration list that prompts additional security screening before flights after her overseas travel patterns and foreign connections triggered a government algorithm earlier this year, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Trump eyes right-wing personality Dan Bongino among current and former agents for US Secret Service director
Nov 20, 2024
Donald Trump is considering a right-wing media personality and people who have served on his US Secret Service detail to run the agency that has been plagued by its failure to preempt two alleged assassination attempts on Trump this summer, sources familiar with the president-elect’s thinking tell CNN.
Trump’s team skips FBI background checks for some Cabinet picks
Nov 15, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI background checks for at least some of his Cabinet picks while using private companies to conduct vetting of potential candidates for administration jobs, people close to the transition planning say.
FBI arrests Houston man who allegedly wanted to commit a ‘9/11’ style attack in the US
Nov 14, 2024
The FBI announced on Thursday the arrest of a Texas man who allegedly created and disseminated ISIS propaganda and wanted to commit a “9/11-style” attack in the United States.
Protecting Trump in a second administration presents unprecedented security challenges
Nov 14, 2024
As Donald Trump conducts a free-wheeling transition from his Mar-a-Lago estate, drawing flocks of business moguls, contractors, foreign dignitaries and anyone looking for jobs in the new administration, the federal agencies charged with protecting the president-elect and his communications face a daunting task.
Trump picks Rep. Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general
Nov 14, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general.
Convicted January 6 rioter tells court he expects Trump to pardon him and is ‘awaiting information’ from the president-elect
Nov 6, 2024
The ripple effect of Donald Trump’s election victory on Tuesday is already being felt in Washington, DC, where some defendants charged in the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021, could soon be pardoned by the incoming president who has promised as much.
Judge Aileen Cannon defends her judicial independence and says she’s never met Trump
Oct 29, 2024
Judge Aileen Cannon is refusing to recuse herself from the criminal case against the man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump, saying she has no relationship with the former president who nominated her to the federal bench and that she doesn’t control what he says about her.
Secret Service acting director lays out changes after Trump assassination attempts
Oct 25, 2024
Senior-level personnel changes at the US Secret Service as well as the creation of new divisions are underway as the agency works to resolve security breakdowns that preceded the two attempts on former President Donald Trump’s life this summer.
Election officials are hustling to fight misinformation in real time as early voting begins
Oct 22, 2024
The election misinformation machine is already ramping up in critical battleground states as early voting gets underway, and election officials are hustling to combat falsehoods in real time.
Special counsel releases trove of redacted documents in 2020 election subversion case against Trump
Oct 18, 2024
Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday released nearly 2,000 heavily redacted pages of documents in his 2020 election subversion criminal case against former President Donald Trump, revealing snippets of the evidence Smith relied on to charge the former president.
Man accused in Trump assassination attempt asks Judge Aileen Cannon to recuse herself from his case
Oct 18, 2024
The man accused of perching behind a chain-linked fence bordering Donald Trump’s Florida golf course with a rifle, allegedly waiting for a clear shot at the former president, is asking the judge overseeing the case to recuse herself.
Federal judge rejects Trump’s bid to delay release of special counsel documents in 2020 election subversion case
Oct 18, 2024
A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s request to pause the public release of documents from the Justice Department in the 2020 election subversion case against him, saying that withholding it could be seen as election interference.
Independent panel issues scathing report on Secret Service and recommends leadership overhaul after Trump shooting
Oct 17, 2024
An independent panel of former law enforcement officials appointed under Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas recommended a complete overhaul of Secret Service leadership after reviewing the agency’s security failures that led to the near assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania this summer.
Fulton County DA asks appeals court to restore three election subversion charges against Donald Trump
Oct 16, 2024
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked the state’s Court of Appeals to reinstate six counts in the election subversion case against Donald Trump and his co-defendants, including three specifically against the former president.
Special counsel says obstruction charge against Donald Trump in January 6 case should stand
Oct 16, 2024
Special counsel Jack Smith told a federal judge on Wednesday that the Supreme Court’s decision limiting some obstruction charges against those who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, should not apply to Donald Trump in the election subversion case against the former president.
About
Holmes Lybrand is a reporter for CNN, based in the Washington D.C. bureau.
He joins CNN from The Weekly Standard, where he served as the fact checker of the print magazine and wrote the fact-check column for the website in partnership with Facebook’s news team.
