A committee source said committee chairperson Caroline Maloney plans to serve the subpo on Wednesday, 48 hours after splitting with Republican members based on former chairperson Elijah Cummings’ agreement to provide time for a consultation with a ranking member.
Introducing the planned subpoena in the ongoing battle between Democrats and DJOI as the party seeks to ensure access to mail-in voting for as many Americans as possible amid the coronavirus epidemic. Multiple House Democrats have called for the resignation or removal of President Donald Trump’s big donor, Djoy.
The committee is also sending a letter to Robert Duncan, chairman of the Postal Service Board’s Governors Governors, who testified before a panel with DJOY last week, saying the board was avoiding citing documents, DOJ’s opinion claims. Prohibits a member of Congress from disclosing information.
Malone is writing to the Board for all documents and information requested by other members and instructing the Board that if they do not submit voluntarily it will submit a subpena.
During last week’s hearing, DJO defended his performance as postmaster general, denying the changes he had made and saying he was focused on shutting down the money-losing postal service.
In his testimony, DeJoe acknowledged that changes to mail trucks taking additional trips led to a “deterioration in service”, but said the USPS was already seeing a bounce-back. And he argued that other changes, such as the removal of mail-processing machines, were taking place just before they were handled in June.
Dunk, meanwhile, defended DeJoy’s board appointment during his testimony last week, saying DeJoy was unanimously selected after a rigorous selection process.
“There have to be dramatic changes if the postal service is to be successful. Mr. Dijoy was chosen as the transformational leader who can help strengthen the postal service in the long run,” Dunkin said.
CNN’s Dewan Cole, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen contributed to the report.
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