Louis DeJoy was appointed in May 2020 by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service. DeJoy has served as a major donor and fundraiser for a number of high-profile Republican Party politicians. In May 2019, DeJoy became local finance chairman for the 2020 Republican National Convention, then-planned for Charlotte, North Carolina. In September 2020 The Washington Post and The New York Times reported that according to former employees at DeJoy’s logistics company New Breed, he participated in a straw donor scheme.
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Louis DeJoy was appointed in May 2020 by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service. DeJoy has served as a major donor and fundraiser for a number of high-profile Republican Party politicians. He helped fund President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign, co-chaired Rudolph Giuliani’s North Carolina fundraising campaign in 2008, and donated a combined USD 27,700 to Jeb Bush’s 2016 presidential campaign. He donated USD 1. 2 million each to Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, and to the Republican Party since 2016. In May 2019, DeJoy became local finance chairman for the 2020 Republican National Convention, then-planned for Charlotte, North Carolina. In September 2020 The Washington Post and The New York Times reported that according to former employees at DeJoy’s logistics company New Breed, he participated in a straw donor scheme, reimbursing employees for making political donations. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has opened an investigation into the allegations and has called for the North Carolina Postal Service to suspend DeJoy. That day, the National Carriers Association of North Carolina announced that despite concerns about conflicts of interest, it would continue to support DeJoy as Postmaster General and CEO, despite the concerns about his conflict of interest.
In August, De Joy announced that the changes would be suspended, and in October, the USPS agreed to reverse all the changes. The changes caused significant delays of mail delivery, resulting in investigations by Congressional committees and the USPS Inspector General. The audit concluded that if the bidding had been competitive, taxpayers could have saved up USD 53 million. The USPS inspector general of the time retired in 2003 after a federal investigation into her abuse of authority, waste of public money and promotion of questionable personnel practices. In addition, two reports to Congress in 1999 stated that USD 9 million and USD 33 million separately paid to New Breed could have been \”put to better use. \” On May 6, 2020, President Donald Trump announced that DeJoy would become the 75th U.S. Postmaster General and CEO of the USPS.
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