Thread by @CREWcrew

Bad news: As of today, Louis DeJoy has been postmaster general for A FULL YEAR.

Good news: The USPS Board of Governors can fire him, and they need to do it now. We have a whole year’s worth of reasons why.

Let’s start at the beginning. Before his nomination, DeJoy and his wife were prolific political donors. From 2016-2020, DeJoy donated over $2M to support Trump and the RNC, evidently enough to get him and his wife two powerful roles in the Trump admin. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

Louis DeJoy was reportedly recruited by Treasury Secretary Mnuchin despite being the first person in decades to lead the USPS without prior experience as a letter carrier or working within the agency. We’re still fighting for more information on this.
citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

What DeJoy lacked in experience he made up in conflicts of interest. He initially failed to divest from his financial interests in 2 companies directly affected by USPS’s work, including his former employer, XPO Logistics, a USPS contractor.

This raised some big red flags after XPO Logistics received a $5 million USPS contract—a contract that was negotiated in August 2020, when DeJoy hadn’t even begun divesting from XPO. If DeJoy was involved in the contract at all, it would have been a crime.
citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

He finally did divest from XPO Logistics...by apparently transferring some shares to his adult children. That's legal, but could be a “sham divestiture” if his children return the shares to him after he’s made decisions that could affect the price.
citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

DeJoy also infamously made changes that contributed to slow mail. After the USPS told Congress it had plans to ensure voting by mail would not be threatened during the pandemic, DeJoy made changes that apparently put those plans in jeopardy. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

We asked the FBI to investigate whether DeJoy violated federal criminal laws by unlawfully commanding the USPS to make policy changes at the agency that would depress or delay voting by mail.
citizensforethics.org/news/press-rel…

When Congress asked about his role in these changes, DeJoy denied under oath that he was the one who ordered cuts to overtime during congressional testimony. But we got records that said he was the one who ordered the cuts, contradicting his testimony. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

On top of ALL of this, DeJoy apparently broke campaign finance law by reportedly operating a scheme where he asked employees of his company New Breed Logistics to make campaign contributions, then arranged for bonus payments to reimburse the employees. citizensforethics.org/news/press-rel…

This is now the subject of a federal investigation, thank goodness. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

So after a year, here’s where we are: the postmaster general has not been transparent with the public or, apparently, Congress. He may have lingering conflicts of interest. He’s undermined public trust. He’s under federal investigation. And he still somehow has a job.

For the sake of USPS and democracy, DeJoy has to go. The USPS Board of Governors can and should fire him today.