‘Price to Pay’: Judge Rips Postmaster General for Defying Order on Ballot Searches
A federal judge on Wednesday blasted U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over the Postal Service’s failure to comply with his order for a ballot search at over a dozen facilities, demanding senior officials at the agency testify before the court.
At the hearing, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in the District of Columbia called out the USPS for refusing to comply with his court order to perform last-minute sweeps in light of 300,000 untraceable ballots reported by the agency. Sullivan stated DeJoy should have to testify under oath over the agency’s failure to comply, though later agreed to hear testimony from Kevin Bray, who leads mail processing for USPS, on Wednesday afternoon.
“I’m not pleased about this 11th-hour development last night and someone may have a price to pay,” Sullivan said, before specifically stating the agency’s issues start “at the top of the food chain.”
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