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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDeJoy donated nearly $700,000 to Trump's convention, new filings show
(CNN) - Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who has faced intense scrutiny from Democrats over changes he has made to the US Postal Service, donated more than $685,000 to the host committee that worked to stage the Republican National Convention, new filings show.
DeJoy, a North Carolina businessman and Republican mega-donor, was the lead fundraiser for the convention before he was tapped to lead the USPS. DeJoy's relationship with President Donald Trump, along with the President's repeated false claims that mail-in voting is rife with fraud, has sparked allegations that the administration is using the nation's mail system to sway the election. DeJoy has denied the allegations.
The new filings Friday at the Federal Election Commission from the Charlotte Host Committee show four donations from DeJoy between late December 2018 and late March 2020, totaling $685,230.
DeJoy and the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
DeJoy, a North Carolina businessman and Republican mega-donor, was the lead fundraiser for the convention before he was tapped to lead the USPS. DeJoy's relationship with President Donald Trump, along with the President's repeated false claims that mail-in voting is rife with fraud, has sparked allegations that the administration is using the nation's mail system to sway the election. DeJoy has denied the allegations.
The new filings Friday at the Federal Election Commission from the Charlotte Host Committee show four donations from DeJoy between late December 2018 and late March 2020, totaling $685,230.
DeJoy and the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/10/politics/louis-dejoy-trump-rnc-donation/index.html
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DeJoy donated nearly $700,000 to Trump's convention, new filings show (Original Post)
spanone
Oct 2020
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dalton99a
(81,558 posts)1. Kick
MagickMuffin
(15,950 posts)2. I see a pattern here
We're going to need more whole cloth.
Nevilledog
(51,161 posts)3. Fuck DeJoy.
I'm offended they don't try, even a little, to hide the corruption.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)4. There really ought to be a law against this sort of thing ...
And a means of enforcing it even when a rank, corrupt POTUS installs a rank, corrupt AG who refuses do anything when laws are broken by people around said POTUS.
spanone
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