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BumRushDaShow

(128,896 posts)
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 12:14 PM Jun 2021

FBI investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in connection with his political fundraising

Source: Washington Post




The FBI is investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in connection with campaign fundraising activity involving his former business, according to people familiar with the matter and a spokesman for DeJoy. FBI agents in recent weeks interviewed current and former employees of DeJoy and the business, asking questions about political contributions and company activities, these people said. Prosecutors also issued a subpoena to DeJoy himself for information, one of the people said. That person, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe an ongoing and politically sensitive investigation.

Mark Corallo, a DeJoy spokesman, confirmed the investigation in a statement, but insisted DeJoy had not knowingly violated any laws. “Mr. DeJoy has learned that the Department of Justice is investigating campaign contributions made by employees who worked for him when he was in the private sector,” Corallo said. “He has always been scrupulous in his adherence to the campaign contribution laws and has never knowingly violated them.” The inquiries could signal impending legal peril for the controversial head of the nation’s mail service — though DeJoy has not been charged with any crimes and has previously asserted that he and his company followed the law in their campaign fundraising activity.

Spokespeople for the FBI and Justice Department declined to comment. A spokesperson for the Postal Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment. DeJoy — who was appointed to run the Postal Service by its board of governors last May — has been dogged by controversy for almost his entire time in office. Soon after starting in the job, he imposed a series of cost-cutting moves that led to a reduction in overtime and limits on mail trips that mail carriers blamed for creating backlogs across the country. Democrats accused the prominent GOP fundraiser, who personally gave more than $1.1 million to the joint fundraising vehicle of President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and the Republican Party, of trying to undermine his own organization because of Trump’s distrust of mail-in voting.

Two Democratic lawmakers, Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to the FBI asking agents to investigate whether DeJoy or the Postal Service’s governing board “committed any crimes” in stalling mail. In a congressional hearing last year, DeJoy disputed he was trying to affect the vote. “I am not engaged in sabotaging the election,” DeJoy said at the time. “We will do everything in our power and structure to deliver the ballots on time.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/louis-dejoy-fbi-investigation/2021/06/03/4e24e122-c3d3-11eb-93f5-ee9558eecf4b_story.html



FUCKING DEJOY.
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FBI investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in connection with his political fundraising (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jun 2021 OP
What a trustworthy face Blue Owl Jun 2021 #1
You know what they say pandr32 Jun 2021 #9
Wouldn't you just like to smack that smug face? Butterflylady Jun 2021 #27
Get in line, and get him in a different line. BobTheSubgenius Jun 2021 #36
Smack? ShazzieB Jun 2021 #38
Drag him! soothsayer Jun 2021 #2
To deJail. peppertree Jun 2021 #3
Toss DeJerk in DeJail! lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #25
It's UNBELIEVABLE that that swamp thing is still Postmaster Gen. peppertree Jun 2021 #29
Infuriating. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #30
This is why I come to DU.. I just hope this investigation doesn't end with a whimper msfiddlestix Jun 2021 #4
That isn't why the FBI is investigating him. gab13by13 Jun 2021 #16
oh. msfiddlestix Jun 2021 #19
The reimbursements are the crime. herding cats Jun 2021 #23
I was imagining an easy work around the problem of illegality msfiddlestix Jun 2021 #26
Lock that slimeball dejoy up. I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2021 #5
. Carlitos Brigante Jun 2021 #6
KICK orangecrush Jun 2021 #7
Not getting my hopes up just yet. padah513 Jun 2021 #8
Biden has only been in office for just over 4 months BumRushDaShow Jun 2021 #10
I will add 1 word...."Trump and his kids aren't in jail"............YET......!!! Stuart G Jun 2021 #11
You're not alone. We can kiss the 2022 midterms goodbye.... jaxexpat Jun 2021 #13
If every one of those issues you cited gab13by13 Jun 2021 #17
True enough. jaxexpat Jun 2021 #32
Post removed Post removed Jun 2021 #12
Lock him up!!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2021 #14
So the Feds have been investigating him after all onetexan Jun 2021 #15
Cancel deJoy. cbabe Jun 2021 #18
Insufficient Postage. Blue Owl Jun 2021 #28
FBI investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in connection with his political fundraising FelineOverlord Jun 2021 #20
Wow. Firtash is a blast from the past! BumRushDaShow Jun 2021 #22
Why do Trump and his people almost always have some kind of Russian/Ukraine (pro putin) connections? Botany Jun 2021 #37
FBI investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in connection with his political fundraising FelineOverlord Jun 2021 #21
Of course he did, and we ALL know he did FakeNoose Jun 2021 #24
He's Rich - He Won't Be Going To Jail - Jail If For The Poor And Powerless DanieRains Jun 2021 #31
Except sometimes rich people DO go to jail? ShazzieB Jun 2021 #44
He Will Just Pay A Fine Equal To What It Would Cost To Fuel His Yacht For One Trip DanieRains Jun 2021 #33
Never liked him. Looks sooo sinister. UGH secondwind Jun 2021 #34
Hope DeJail is next for DeMisery nt IronLionZion Jun 2021 #35
Bullshit!!! usaf-vet Jun 2021 #39
Just saying Larissa Jun 2021 #40
This has been known for a long time. Scruffy1 Jun 2021 #41
Finally! PA_jen Jun 2021 #42
"not knowingly violated any laws" (after-the-fact excuse of ignoring the fine prints of the law... Justice matters. Jun 2021 #43
I was always told that ignorance of the law is NOT an excuse. cayugafalls Jun 2021 #47
Steve Martin: Wednesdays Jun 2021 #52
Now we know what the going price was for the position of postmaster general. PSPS Jun 2021 #45
Taking DeJoy out of sending mail. cayugafalls Jun 2021 #46
he's a slippery bastard ZonkerHarris Jun 2021 #48
Return to sender! Address: Merde-a-Lardo! LaMouffette Jun 2021 #49
Merde-a-Lardo ... Hilarious BlueWavePsych Jun 2021 #55
Fingers crossed, this could be the toehold that leads almost anywhere bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #50
So, he did nothing wrong, but if he did... it was unknowingly. Harker Jun 2021 #51
Just hoping something sticks to the no good clown. riversedge Jun 2021 #53
So, what took so long, anybody ask? speaknow Jun 2021 #54

pandr32

(11,581 posts)
9. You know what they say
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 12:48 PM
Jun 2021

"The eyes are the window to the soul."

In DeJoy's case they (both eyes and soul) are black and cold.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
36. Get in line, and get him in a different line.
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 02:37 PM
Jun 2021

There are an awful lot of willing, even eager "smackers," and such a variety of potential "smackees" that it's hard to believe.

ShazzieB

(16,379 posts)
38. Smack?
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 02:48 PM
Jun 2021

No. Punch? Yes. I wouldn't be able to do much damage either way, as a 5'1" tall, 71 year old woman who has never had an athletic bone in my body, but it's fun to fantasize. 😁

peppertree

(21,624 posts)
29. It's UNBELIEVABLE that that swamp thing is still Postmaster Gen.
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 01:43 PM
Jun 2021

I know Biden's moving to have it removed - but dammit...

msfiddlestix

(7,281 posts)
4. This is why I come to DU.. I just hope this investigation doesn't end with a whimper
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 12:21 PM
Jun 2021

I recall many stories which should be considered evidence of election tampering via delaying ballot delivery etc. at the minimum.

gab13by13

(21,319 posts)
16. That isn't why the FBI is investigating him.
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 01:08 PM
Jun 2021

He had employees of his corporation make political contributions which he later reimbursed to them via bonuses etc.

msfiddlestix

(7,281 posts)
19. oh.
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 01:19 PM
Jun 2021

So the reimbursements gives him his get out of jail free card.

great.

well, there goes another dashed hope.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
23. The reimbursements are the crime.
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 01:24 PM
Jun 2021

If it's proven via evidence he reimbursed them for their donations, that's illegal.

msfiddlestix

(7,281 posts)
26. I was imagining an easy work around the problem of illegality
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 01:32 PM
Jun 2021

Not that I can spell that 'work around' out, but I'm fairly confident this criminal thug can.

I mean, these people have been committing financial fraud in every possible scenario and context for their entire lives. the game is rigged in their favor, else they wouldn't have been able to get away with it for so long.

Good to know, however. Maybe in this case, his arrogance left a few dangling pieces of evidence exposed just because he figured his guy in the white house would have another term in office and have the justice department cover his ass.



padah513

(2,502 posts)
8. Not getting my hopes up just yet.
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 12:47 PM
Jun 2021

Keep waiting for justice to be done by the good guys, but keep getting disappointed instead. Barr's memos remain secret, Trump and his kids aren't in jail, Flynn hasn't been reinstated and court-marshalled, and De Joy's still Postmaster General.

Stuart G

(38,420 posts)
11. I will add 1 word...."Trump and his kids aren't in jail"............YET......!!!
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 12:58 PM
Jun 2021

Time will tell......The show is not over.......YET......!!!!!!

jaxexpat

(6,820 posts)
13. You're not alone. We can kiss the 2022 midterms goodbye....
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 01:01 PM
Jun 2021

If there's no progress toward justice on some these issues. The electorate needs heads on pikes to prevent the no show at the polls cynicism syndrome. That's the primary cause of our national decline. You know. The depressing mistrust in anything. The issues they blame on immigrants or gays or poor people are actually ones of mistrust in government's ability to ever do the right thing.

gab13by13

(21,319 posts)
17. If every one of those issues you cited
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 01:12 PM
Jun 2021

was addressed by Democrats but S1 is not passed Republicans can still win, especially in the House.

jaxexpat

(6,820 posts)
32. True enough.
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 01:47 PM
Jun 2021

I think we'd be breaking the filibuster treaty already if we had 50 votes in the Senate.

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Botany

(70,501 posts)
37. Why do Trump and his people almost always have some kind of Russian/Ukraine (pro putin) connections?
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 02:37 PM
Jun 2021

Lock 'em up. Trump and or his people have had to known that DeJoy had mob/Russian connections.

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
24. Of course he did, and we ALL know he did
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 01:28 PM
Jun 2021

Lock him up!

But first ... fire his ass and undo all the damage he's done to the U.S. Postal Service.



 

DanieRains

(4,619 posts)
31. He's Rich - He Won't Be Going To Jail - Jail If For The Poor And Powerless
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 01:47 PM
Jun 2021

Take a knee.

And the "liberty and justice for all" crap is well, a load of crap.

ShazzieB

(16,379 posts)
44. Except sometimes rich people DO go to jail?
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 03:31 PM
Jun 2021

I know the criminal (in)justice system is heavily biased in favor of the rich, but rich, powerful people do go to jail sometimes, especially when it comes to so-called "white collar" crime. Martha Stewart is one example. Also Bernie Madoff. There have been others, too. See this link for more: [link: https://www.goliath.com/random/10-of-the-worst-white-collar-criminals-in-history/|https://www.goliath.com/random/10-of-the-worst-white-collar-criminals-in-history/]

People in Trump's circle have already gone to jail over stuff they did while aiding and abetting the Orange Hellbeast. I see no reason to assume that not a single one of the others will.

I'm not saying some people won't manage to wiggle out of it. Just pointing out that saying "Rich people never go to jail" is overly broad and demonstrably false.

usaf-vet

(6,181 posts)
39. Bullshit!!!
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 02:56 PM
Jun 2021
"DeJoy had not knowingly violated any laws. “Mr. DeJoy has learned that the Department of Justice is investigating campaign contributions made by employees who worked for him when he was in the private sector,” Corallo said. “He has always been scrupulous in his adherence to the campaign contribution laws and has never knowingly violated them.”


Sorry officer "I DID NOT KNOW THE SPEED LIMIT IS 15 MPH IN A SCHOOL ZONE!"

I thought the speed limit was 55. You can't give me a ticket for not knowing.

Larissa

(790 posts)
40. Just saying
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 03:10 PM
Jun 2021

Making a false statement to an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is a felony. You need not be under oath for such an offense to occur.

Now once more: "Where is the effing mail!!"

Scruffy1

(3,256 posts)
41. This has been known for a long time.
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 03:11 PM
Jun 2021

Back when his business investors wanted some cash out he tried to take his company public. the unexplained "bonuses" paid out to staff caused SEC to deny going public. It seems the bonuses were approximately equal to their Republican donations. The feds grind very slowly, but they do grind. Their conviction rate is over 90% last I checked. It seems to me that it would also involve tax fraud since the "bonuses" were taken out of gross profits illegally. personally I think the feds are being overcautious because they are afraid the prosecution might be called by some a partisan "witchhunt". I also think unless the head of the organized crime organization is brought to justice we will have no justice. I'd wager he got a lot more than a handshake, a thank and the job as Postmaster Generalyou from the politicians he funded so maybe bribery is in there, too. It's like picking up a rock and finding the motherlode of slimy creatures. That's one of reasons the R's are willing to go to any length to hold onto power. It has nothing to do with philosophy and a whole lot to do with staying out of prison.

Justice matters.

(6,928 posts)
43. "not knowingly violated any laws" (after-the-fact excuse of ignoring the fine prints of the law...
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 03:26 PM
Jun 2021
...is...
...not...
...a...
...valid...
...one...).

Throw DeJoy in DeJail.

cayugafalls

(5,640 posts)
47. I was always told that ignorance of the law is NOT an excuse.
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 03:58 PM
Jun 2021

Imagine if it was a valid excuse.

"I'm sorry judge, I did not know robbing someone was a crime...it won't happen again, I'm all learned up now".

LaMouffette

(2,030 posts)
49. Return to sender! Address: Merde-a-Lardo!
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 04:42 PM
Jun 2021

Does this mean that Biden can now give DeJoy DaBoot?

I suppose the investigation will have to be concluded first, but I worry that DeJoy, knowing he's about to be "returned to sender," will do even more acts of sabotage against the US Postal Service.

bucolic_frolic

(43,141 posts)
50. Fingers crossed, this could be the toehold that leads almost anywhere
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 04:49 PM
Jun 2021

That is the scandal that keeps them in power - campaign cash flow. Recall the NRA and foreign allegations.

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