Postmaster General DeJoy allegedly pressured former employees to donate to GOP candidates he supported and then reimbursed them with bonuses. Schumer said the allegations were serious enough that the North Carolina attorney general should investigate.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy allegedly pressured former employees to donate to Republican candidates he supported and then reimbursed them with large bonuses, according to multiple media reports.
“He asked employees for money. We gave him the money, and then he reciprocated by giving us big bonuses,” David Young, a former director of human resources at DeJoy’s company, told the Post. “When we got our bonuses, let’s just say they were bigger, they exceeded expectations — and that covered the tax and everything else.”
North Carolina’s Attorney General—an elected official who is independent of Donald Trump—is the right person to start this investigationhttps://t.co/eL5Z6G6HLlFederal election laws prohibit straw-donor donation schemes, in which individuals bypass political donation limits by reimbursing others that effectively donate on their behalf. The New York Times notes it is legal, however, for people to encourage their employees to donate.
DeJoy angrily pushed back against assertions he reimbursed former employees after they were pressured to donate to GOP candidates in testimony to House lawmakers last month.
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