Postal crisis: DeJoy defends changes to US mail system and confirms he will not restore mail-sorting machines

Sign 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. “It’s always my time.” In response to Mr Khanna’s question about turning sorting machines back on, Mr DeJoy dismissively said: “In Washington, it makes plenty of sense. “I have put word around to different people that this is not helpful to the Postal Service,” Mr DeJoy said. “We need guarantees from him that he’s going to follow the law, and so far, he’s failed to meet that bar.” Mr Shapiro said he is seeking written assurances that Mr DeJoy will halt operational changes such as limiting the amount of time workers can spend sorting and picking up mail, and others that have led to nationwide delays in mail delivery. Mr Shapiro on Friday said Mr DeJoy’s assertions that the Postal Service will continue to prioritise election mail as it had in the past are not binding: “What I’ve learned – and I have sued the president two dozen times – is you cannot trust the president or his enablers.” “The concerns are the mail changes he’s made, slowing down prescriptions for veterans, slowing down billings and payments for small businesses, and slowing down election mail,” he said.