House Democrats to investigate Postmaster General Louis DeJoy after former employees alleged he urged them to make campaign donations to GOP candidates

House Democrats to investigate Postmaster General Louis DeJoy after former employees alleged he urged them to make campaign donations to GOP candidates

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is opening an investigation into US Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, according to a Monday night Washington Post report.

The chairwoman also called for the Board of Governors to suspend him, The Post reported. Maloney's office could not immediately be reached for comment, nor could the US Postal Service.

The news follows a previous report from The Post, in which former employees alleged that DeJoy urged them to make political contributions to GOP candidates while chief executive of New Breed Logistics.

When asked at a press conference on Monday afternoon whether DeJoy should be investigated for potential campaign finance violations, President Donald Trump said: "Sure, sure, let the investigations go."

Trump also said he didn't know much about the allegations and called DeJoy "a very