Postmaster general Louis DeJoy during last month’s House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/Pool Postmaster General Louis DeJoy may have violated campaign finance laws by pressuring his employees to make donations to Republican campaigns which he would later reimburse, the Washington Post reported this weekend.
A Washington Post analysis of federal and state campaign finance records found a pattern of extensive donations by New Breed employees to Republican candidates, with the same amount often given by multiple people on the same day. Between 2000 and 2014, 124 individuals who worked for the company together gave more than $1 million to federal and state GOP candidates. Many had not previously made political donations, and have not made any since leaving the company, public records show.
DeJoy and his aides reportedly made concerted efforts to encourage employees to contribute, including emailing invitations to fundraisers, following up by phone or in person at the office, and by pressuring executives to push the contributions within their departments. Some employees said they gave willingly, while others said they feared professional consequences if they did not.
A spokesman for XPO Logistics, the Connecticut-based firm which acquired New Breed in 2014, has released a statement claiming the company “stays out of politics but our employees have the same individual right as anyone else to support candidates of their choosing in their free time. When they do so, we expect them to adhere strictly to the rules.”
Former FEC general counsel Lawrence Noble told Phillips that “Corporate contributions through bonuses and potentially coercing people to make this contribution are among the most serious violations of campaign finance laws because you are taking prohibited contributions from a corporation, and you’re funneling it through employees”:
So he’s a complete crook then. Got it.
In trump's mind....We'll talk to him on Nov 4th.
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If 45* said that, DeJoy is f*cked.
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Bus meet DeJoy.
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