Congressman urges Biden to fire USPS board of governors for ‘silence and complicity’ with Trump ‘arson’
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Democratic Congressman Bill Pascrell has urged Joe Biden to fire members of the US Postal Service Board of Governors following Donald Trump’s attempts to undermine mail-in voting under its Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. The New Jersey congressman condemned the board’s “silence and complicity” during service cuts and the president’s repeated attacks against expanding vote-by-mail efforts. “Their dereliction cannot now be forgotten.” In May, the board unanimously appointed Mr DeJoy – a top donor to the GOP and Trump campaign – to lead the agency, which ordered sweeping service cuts, including removing mail-sorting machines, cutting overtime and removing mailboxes, efforts that saw delivery delays across the US amid a surge in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic. Recommended Meet the congressman who wants to prosecute the Trump administration The president does not have authority to remove the postmaster general, but Congressman Pascrell asserts that Mr Biden can remove the board members – appointed to “represent the public interest” – “for cause".
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