House Just Called for the Postmaster General to Testify at an "Urgent Hearing" Later This Month

[Arkansas Granny]

On Sunday, the House Oversight Committee urged Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to move up his scheduled testimony before the committee to August 24, nearly a month before planned, citing the “starling new revelations” about the “scope and gravity of operational changes you are implementing at hundreds of postal facilities.”

“Your testimony is particularly urgent,” writes the committee’s chair, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), “given the troubling influx of reports of widespread delays at postal facilities across the country—as well as President Trump’s explicit admission last week that he has been blocking critical coronavirus funding for the Postal Service in order to impair mail-in voting efforts for the upcoming elections in November.”

The committee’s request comes less than 24 hours after President Trump praised DeJoy, saying he is a “very smart man” and that DeJoy “wants to make the Post Office great again.” On Saturday in Bedminster, New Jersey, the president also blamed Democrats for the lack of secured funding for the Postal Service, contrasting with his admission Thursday that if he refuses to make a deal with Democrats for funding, ballots would fail to be counted in November.

https://www.motherjones.com/2020-elections/2020/08/house-oversight-urgent-testimony-dejoy-postal-service/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=c977a9ef-4fe1-4ad0-8a22-4b861a7a7048&utm_campaign=Hootsuite

[Thekaspervote]

1. They have GOT to make him show up or face consequences

[progressive nobody]

2. They should also have the board testify.

[soothsayer]

3. Yes

[lindysalsagal]

4. I just saw this. Should have happened a month ago....

[StarfishSaver]

6. Sigh ...

[Gothmog]

5. From the Oversight Committee

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[KY_EnviroGuy]

7. Here's a link to the letter Congressional Democrats sent to DeJoy.....

This takes you to a prompt to open a PDF file of the letter:

See: https://t.co/e2cPtMyJZY?amp=1

Notes from Kyle Griffin on Twitter:

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Pelosi, Schumer, and top committee Democrats have sent a detailed 10-page letter to the Postmaster General "demanding answers to grave questions about sweeping changes ... which are slowing the mail and therefore jeopardize the integrity of the election." https://bit.ly/3g2t3hw
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Inbox: The House Oversight Committee will hold an emergency hearing on mail delays and concerns about potential White House interference in the U.S. Postal Service, calling on Postmaster General DeJoy and the Postal Service board of governors Chairman to testify August 24.

11:00 AM · Aug 16, 2020

From: https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1


KY......

[SheltieLover]

8. How about subpoena him

And lock his ass up when he ignores the subpoena?

Double standard in justice needs to go! 🤬

[Arkansas Granny]

9. Absolutely. I don't think the average citizen can ignore a subpoena without consequences.

[SheltieLover]

10. Correct!

Double standard has to go! 🤬

1st family in NC that I worked with, the grandmother, a 60ish, sweet lady with no criminal involvement or history, did 2 weeks for inability to pay a minor traffic citation.

This shitbag deserves much worse!

[Cha]

11. KR!!!

[shanti]

12. Later is too late

How about NOW!?

[Gothmog]

13. @SpeakerPelosi is calling the House back into session to vote on @USPS legislation --

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