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US House to Subpoena Postmaster General Over Mail Delays

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - The House Oversight Committee intends to subpoena
   Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for documents about disruptions in mail
   delivery operations that are now central to questions over the ability
   to handle an onslaught of mail-in ballots expected for the November
   election.

   Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., the committee chair, sent a memo Monday
   saying DeJoy blew past last week's deadline to fully respond to the
   committee's request for more information. He has not provided any new
   materials, she said.

   "It is clear that a subpoena has become necessary to further the
   Committee's investigation and help inform potential legislative
   actions," she said.

   Democrats are aggressively pursuing oversight of postal operations
   after President Donald Trump railed against mail-in ballots. Trump
   suggested he wanted to starve the Postal Service of funds to make it
   more difficult to handle the surge expected in November.

   DeJoy, who was tapped to lead the agency in June, started quickly
   initiating changes at a time when the agency was already straining
   under the COVID-19 crisis. Reports of delays soon piled up.

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