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At this point, open corruption should sort of be the norm for the Trump administration, but it’s always fun when some of the worst characters in it get caught red handed.
Up this weekend is Louis DeJoy, Trump’s toady Postmaster General »
DeJoy, Trump’s perfectly corrupt Postmaster General, was last seen gutting his own agency to appease Republican goals of voter suppression.
According to a new report by the @nytimes, DeJoy has been corrupt since way before Trump.
Multiple former employees at New Breed Logistics told the paper that DeJoy pressured them to make political contributions to GOP candidates and causes, and rewarded them with bonuses if they did so.
This is following a report last week that showed that the Postal Service had paid one of DeJoy’s other former companies $286 million since 2013.
So clearly he’s been in this game for a while.
The latest charge might stick, as the kind of corruption taking place at New Breed Logistics might actually be a crime. The difference rests on whether or not investigators can prove that DeJoy’s “bonuses” were reimbursing employee’s donations, instead of just incentivizing them.
Democratic leaders have immediately called for an investigation, but who knows if that due diligence will actually happen under Trump and Attorney General Bill Barr.
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