Two Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee on Monday called for FBI Director Christopher Wray to open a criminal probe into Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, accusing him of deliberately slowing the mail to give President Trump an advantage in the November presidential election.
“There is overwhelming evidence that Postmaster General DeJoy and the Board of Governors have hindered the passage of mail,” Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) wrote in a letter to Wray, which was first reported by MSNBC.
“At least 19 mail sorting machines, which can process 35,000 pieces of mail per hour, have been dismantled and over 671 are slated for reductions later this year,” they added.
Scoop on @Morning_Joe: Two Democratic members of House Judiciary are calling for a criminal inquiry of Postmaster DeJoy and the Board of Governors. Here’s the letter to the FBI from @RepTedLieu & @RepJeffries. pic.twitter.com/fj0N4dpnvr
— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) August 17, 2020
The two congressmen specifically cite Trump’s repeated attacks on mail-in voting, as well as his suggestion in a recent interview that, without funding for the U.S. Postal Service, “they can’t have universal mail-in voting.”
Their letter also cites DeJoy’s status as a donor to the president and background in fundraising rather than postal work.
“It is not unreasonable to conclude that Postmaster General DeJoy and the Board of Governors may be executing Donald Trump’s desire to affect mail-in balloting,” it states.
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Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), meanwhile, have called for criminal inquiries by their respective state attorneys general.
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#BREAKING: Two Democrats call for FBI to launch criminal probe of postmaster general https://t.co/ohuNYUTx0m pic.twitter.com/S2obT4ORkH
— The Hill (@thehill) August 17, 2020
What about investigating Trump too? He has to be behind this sabotage.
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