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It took me a moment to realize where I'd heard the name Louis DeJoy before (the Trump pal just put atop the USPS as Trump is trying to hinder mail-in balloting).
It's pg. 122 of PROOF OF CORRUPTION—when Trump appoints a criminal and accused criminal to positions alongside DeJoy.
It's pg. 122 of PROOF OF CORRUPTION—when Trump appoints a criminal and accused criminal to positions alongside DeJoy.
PS/ I don't know if DeJoy is corrupt. I know he got his RNC position alongside a current federal inmate, a man convicted of a state bribery-related offense, and perjurer Gordon Sondland. Is DeJoy the only clean one in the group—or is he about to be a Trump accomplice at the USPS?
PS2/ BTW, I need to *correct* my initial tweet: I said "a criminal and an accused criminal," but *meant* to say "two criminals—one of whom is currently again under federal criminal investigation—as well as perjurer/Trump Ukraine scandal accomplice Gordon Sondland."
This is bad.
This is bad.
PS3/ What are the chances that Trump appointed Cohen, Broidy, DeJoy, and Sondland to powerbroker positions at RNC shortly after his inauguration, and while 3 of those 4 men appear to be (and 2 definitely are) criminals, the one atop the USPS right now is a saint? I don't see it.
PS4/ Here's more on all this from NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-2020-usps-appointment-could-corrupt-key-institution-ahead-ncna1234125
PS5/ And here's the WASHINGTON POST, identifying DeJoy in February 2020 as "the fundraising chair for the 2020 Republican National Convention."
It seems to me that alarm bells need to be going up all over the country about this. This man could tilt the election single-handedly.
It seems to me that alarm bells need to be going up all over the country about this. This man could tilt the election single-handedly.
PS6/ My first question: did DeJoy have contact with Lev Parnas? Igor Fruman? Other Trump donors under investigation? If so—and if DeJoy has *any* potential liability for the contacts—doesn't Trump, with the pardon power, have enormous leverage over him *besides* their friendship?
PS7/ Many have covered DeJoy's lack of qualifications and lawsuits filed against his old company—in which he wasn't accused of wrongdoing.
But given who Trump appointed as RNC finance chairs/vice chairs with DeJoy—and the Parnas/Fruman scandal—aren't there more questions to ask?
But given who Trump appointed as RNC finance chairs/vice chairs with DeJoy—and the Parnas/Fruman scandal—aren't there more questions to ask?
PS8/ And kudos to the always great AOC for speaking out on this. But I really want to know more about DeJoy's time at the RNC—as he worked there during a period it was thoroughly corrupt (or, "even more corrupt" than it is now). Are we to believe he got none of that stink on him?
PS9/ I feel like the NYT is giving us a warning here:
PS10/ Remember, Barr has disallowed any new investigations of Trump fundraisers, per a recent DOJ edict (it's not clear how ongoing investigations are affected). Barr issued his edict *just* as Trump was selecting DeJoy—thus protecting DeJoy from scrutiny. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/us/politics/barr-2020-investigations.html
PS11/ 60 days earlier, per a CNN report, the feds had subpoenaed a woman associated with the Trump Victory Fund—an entity DeJoy had given to generously (and previously run by his RNC finance cochair, Elliott Broidy). Seems DeJoy theoretically could've been a witness in that case?
PS12/ Does anyone know if DeJoy was a potential witness in an active federal probe at the time Trump—who has the pardon power—put him atop the USPS under circumstances in which having leverage over him would be enormously useful? And hadn't Barr's edict *just* greatly aided him?
PS13/ My pinned tweet for much of today was about the new polling suggesting the best path forward for Trump reelection-wise is a low-turnout election; indeed, it may be his *only* path. Does any man have more power over that—if you had to pick just one person—than Louis DeJoy?
PS14/ Then—keeping in mind that Mnuchin was also a Trump accomplice in the Ukraine scandal—there's *this* news about Mnuchin, a shady bailout, and a USPS board member? This all reeks of scandal—and, critically, one that could swing an election in 100 days. https://www.salon.com/2020/07/01/former-ceo-of-troubled-trucking-company-that-got-huge-covid-loan-is-now-on-usps-board/
PS15/ I curated these 6 stories—DeJoy's ties to the ex-Trump Victory chair; the Trump Victory probe; Barr's edict; Trump's dangling of the pardon power; polls on Trump's odds in a low-turnout election; the GOP attack on mail-in balloting—as I haven't seen them together elsewhere.
