DeJoy's Criminal Tenure

 

According to the New York Times, Louis DeJoy and his wife have invested between 30.1 million and 75.3 million in companies that compete with the post office. If the USPS goes under (something he is obviously trying to make happen) he and the little woman are set to make an untold shitload of cash. I can remember a day, not so very long ago, when corrupt officials were, at the very least, subtle in their corruption. Not Louie! This asshole is about as subtle as a bull in a china shop. He has been subpoenaed to answer a few questions next week before the House of Representatives. This is something that I'm really looking forward to. It's always interesting thing to watch someone attempt to justify illegality. It really is!

 

 And Louis DeJoy clearly has committed a crime - many of them, in fact. Here is what the law (passed on June 25, 1948) says:

 

"Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs or retards the passage of the mail, or any carrier or conveyance carrying the mail, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both."

  

Since DeJoy has impeded the delivery of a mass amount of mail he deserves a lot more time in the slammer than a measly six months. He would be lucky to get off with six years. Removing 681 letter sorting machines from various cities across the nation with huge minority populations that hope to vote by mail in November is corrupt on a scale no one has ever witnessed. Removing thousands of outdoor mailing boxes is an unspeakable crime against the citizens of this country. The practice was immediately halted once a loud enough cry was made at almost every level of the political spectrum. Apparently no more boxes will be removed - but the ones stolen from mostly poor and minority communities will not be replaced. The damage has been done - and quite swiftly.

Depending on what poll you read, Joe Biden is leading Trump by eight to ten points. This is a barely believable reality to me. There is something diseased in our national character when roughly forty percent of the population are so heartbreakingly stupid that they continue to support the most corrupt and incompetent president in American history. And it makes me wonder.

According to the New York Times piece referenced above, since 2016 DeJoy has donated 1.2 million dollars to the Trump campaign and 1.3 million the Republican Party. I think it would be fair to refer to these donations as "investments" - and that Louie DeJoy has every intention of making a handsome profit off of those investments. In our whole history, the position of postmaster general has been the most non-controversial, non-political job it is possible for a person to have. Leave it to Trump to weaponize that office.

If the disgusting administration of Donald Trump is allowed to fester for another four years, it will be tangible evidence that democracy in America is over. For his roll in perverting the post office and the electoral process, Louis DeJoy needs to be held accountable for his crimes. Then again, we can expect him to be a part of the blanket pardon that Trump delivers between now and January 20, 2121.

Five months and two days. It is going to seem like an eternity. Hang in there, people - and stay the course of resistance.

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY

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