August 24, 2020

Mother Jones: Elizabeth Warren Demands Post Office Board Members Release Financial Disclosures

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, already under fire for his operational changes, will testify before the House Oversight Committee today, two days after an appearance before a Senate panel where he said he had no intention of restoring mail sorting machines that had been removed and admitted that the changes he’s made have delayed the mail which has, as one Senator put it, “hurt people.”

Testifying alongside DeJoy will be Robert Duncan, the chairman of the US Postal Service Board of Governors, the body that hired DeJoy this summer in a process that a the board’s vice chair felt was so irregular that he resigned. While DeJoy and his policy changes have alarmed postal workers, outside experts, and Congressional Democrats over the last few weeks, the roles played by both the board and by individual members are now receiving broader scrutiny.

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Read the full article on the Mother Jones website here.  


By:  AJ Vicens
Source: Mother Jones