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House Democrats said Monday they would open an investigation into Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over accusations that he broke campaign finance laws in pushing his employees to make campaign contributions to Republicans that he would later reimburse. House Committee on Oversight and Reform chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D., N.Y.) said in a statement that the committee …
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced Tuesday he will suspend the cutbacks and operational changes he recently instituted to the U.S. Postal Service until after the November election. In an effort to make the money-losing agency more efficient, he had eliminated most overtime for postal workers, imposed restrictions on transportation, and reduced the quantity and use …
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Questions about the U.S. Postal Service operations and leadership during the November election are rising, but it can be hard to discern from corporate media coverage what is actually happening. Many different networks have accused President Trump of disrupting USPS operations for political gain, even going so far as to claim he wants to “rewrite …
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House speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is calling the House back to Washington from August recess to vote on legislation that would prevent the Postal Service from implementing any changes to its operations or level of service ahead of the November election. Pelosi’s call to action comes amid accusations that President Trump and his newly …
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President Trump said Thursday that one of the sticking points holding up a congressional deal for another round of coronavirus relief is funding for the Post Office, which he said Democrats want in order to bolster universal mail-in voting. “They want $3.5 billion dollars for something that will turn out to be fraudulent, election money basically …
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Prominent Democrats have pushed a conspiracy theory that the Postal Service is implementing cost-cutting changes to its service in order to bolster President Trump’s reelection prospects, despite the agency’s insistence that a recommitment to “existing operating plans” will not affect its ability to meet the 2020 election demand. Last week, Barack Obama claimed during a …
House Democrats said Monday they would open an investigation into Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over accusations that he broke campaign finance laws in pushing his employees to make campaign contributions to Republicans that he would later reimburse. House Committee on Oversight and Reform chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D., N.Y.) said in a statement that the committee …
