The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday subpoenaed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, alleging he is withholding documents from Congress.
Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) issued the subpoena, the committee announced on social media, for “docs he is withholding from Congress on widespread #postalservice delays.”
A copy of the document orders DeJoy to appear before the committee on Sept. 16 at noon to produce the documents.
A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) spokesperson said they were surprised by the subpoena.
“We remain surprised and confused by Chairwoman Maloneys insistence on issuing a subpoena to the Postal Service in the midst of ongoing dialogue with her staff on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform to produce information in an orderly fashion,” the spokesperson said in an email to The Epoch Times.
“We fully intend to comply with our obligations under the law.”
Maloney sent a memo to members of the committee on Monday, announcing her intention to subpoena DeJoy. She pointed to her and other members questioning of DeJoy on Aug. 24 asking for documents, such as analyses conducted before or after changes the USPS head announced recently.
Maloney said she wanted documents by Aug. 26 and said she would issue a subpoena if no documents were produced.
DeJoy “has not produced a single additional document since the House and Senate hearings were held despite multiple conversations between Committee staff and Mr. DeJoys office over the past week,” the memo stated.
DeJoy is working to implement operational changes to the struggling service that he took over earlier this year. Democrats claim the changes endangered the November election running smoothly and said there are anomalies in the process used to select the former shipping company head as postmaster general.
DeJoy, a donor to President Donald Trump, was selected by the USPSs Board of Governors.
Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) said during the hearing last week that “Democrats fabricated a baseless conspiracy theory about the Postal Service” and passed a bill that wasnt required.
He came out later against the idea of subpoenaing DeJoy, urging the Democrats on the committee to put up a subpoena for a vote.
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