Congresswoman blocked from touring mail facility by Postal Service police

[brooklynite]

Source: NBC News


U.S. Postal Service police barred Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz from entering two mail sorting facilities in Florida in the early morning hours on Friday, threatening to escort her from the property if she didn't leave.

The Florida Democrat, who sits on the House Oversight Committee, said she aimed to inspect a mail plant in Opa-locka and Northwest Miami-Dade. Wasserman Schultz said union members told her about conditions at the processing centers and shared pictures that showed pallets of undelivered mail marked with a receipt date of "July 23."

Her office said those photos were sent to them earlier this week and raise further questions about how the Postal Service is being run under the leadership of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a close ally of President Donald Trump. NBC News was not able to independently verify the photo of the reportedly undelivered mail.

“If DeJoy thinks he can just throw a bed sheet over what’s going on behind these doors, he is sadly mistaken. It looked like the post master had something to hide,” Wasserman Schultz said in a statement. “Without access to these public facilities, the public is blindfolded to the problems or fixes taking place there. DeJoy cannot delay the mail and delay oversight of these facilities.”

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1239359

[bringthePaine]

1. not a fan of DWS but, if she actually puts some effort into this, I would applaud sincerely

[progressive nobody]

6. Ditto!

[Sherman A1]

28. Agreed

[Illumination]

2. Well that's a huge red flag! Wonder what's going on with a subpoena & the documents NoJoy

was asked to turn over...

[AllaN01Bear]

15. i thought i read on here that congress lost its subpoena poweres a bit ago due to courts .

please correct me gently if i am wrong.

[Illumination]

34. Was referring to the House Investigation on NoJoy & his interview recently. AOC requested his

calendars. I believe there were other documents requested also. A subpoena was mentioned. Don't know if you watched it, but it was really something!...

[7wo7rees]

3. Debbie can be a badass.. I think the postal police f'd up this time! n/t

[AllaN01Bear]

16. first they wouldnt let us investigate the cages , now the post office ?

[Illumination]

35. Was thinking the same thing. Hiding their corruption. But for how long until heads start rolling?...

[summer_in_TX]

23. No one can go into a mail facility without permission for security reasons.

Regulations instituted after instances of employees going "postal." Did she seek permission first?

(My husband is a retired letter carrier.)

[Bengus81]

44. Bet Trump could. Bet McConnell or Lindsey Graham could..............

So they could congratulate workers for tearing out sorting machines and pulling mail boxes.

[SharonClark]

4. No knock warrants are okay but a congresswoman visiting a postal facility is verboten.

That tells you all you need to know about how corrupt trump and his minions are.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Yes, USPS wants advance notice of Congress visit so they can hide the problems

Geezus, Maxwell Smart could figure this stuff out.

[machoneman]

7. Why can't our Dem reps. go in with police? Maybe the House Sargent at arms and his police?

[AllaN01Bear]

37. good question.

[oasis]

8. DWS has been a staunch ally of the National Assoc. of Letter Carriers.

She has been guest speaker at many NALC state and national conventions. I have no doubt that Debbie will be on PM Dejoy's ass like a duck on a June bug.

[Squinch]

9. Vote in person or drop off your ballot.

[KS Toronado]

22. That's what I've been saying for some time, don't mail your mail-in ballots......

rumpf and NoJoy have an evil plan for mail-in ballots, especially in heavy blue States/cities.

[gristy]

40. That is admirable, but does not solve the 2 larger problems

1. Many ballots not arriving in time and so are not counted
2. Election and post-election chaos, both real and fake, and both fanned by trump

[Squinch]

42. And he has his toadies in charge of the Post Office. So there is little we can

do about those larger problems until Joe is President.

If you requested a ballot and it doesn't come because of the mail chicanery, go to the polling place on election day and fill out a provisional ballot. If it does come, complete it and drop it off in person at a designated drop off site.

Trump is setting up the Post Office specifically to create that chaos. So if you can, avoid the Post Office when casting your ballot.

[stillcool]

10. jeezus...thank goodness people are getting

information out. We need spies everywhere.

[FM123]

11. DWS is my rep in the 23rd district, I can tell you she never backs down.

She is one tough cookie.

[TNNurse]

12. Postal Service Police??

I had no idea.

[grantcart]

21. Postal inspectors. Very well thought of.

If you go to any post office you will see a side door that goes to a stair case and is only accessible by postal inspectors.

If you go inside the sorting area inside the post office you will see a walled off walk space at the top all around the inside with see through mirror slots so that they can view the inside of any post office undetected.

I was doing a 5 min briefing at a a post office in El Cajon and they arrested one of the carriers. Turns out that he was stealing Christmas presents of grandparents to their grandkids when they would put in cash or gift cards.

They had some reports one year so the next year they sent some fake cards w cash and he stole them.

[canetoad]

27. Interesting

How is mail fraud prosecuted at the higher levels?

[TNNurse]

32. I knew about inspectors, but never heard them called police before.

[grantcart]

36. They aren't normally called police but are law enforcement and have arrest authority.

I found the article a little suspicious because normally it should be fairly easy to arrange a visit, with the union for example, but these days who knows?

[ansible]

26. Stealing mail is a federal crime and taken very, very seriously

[Bengus81]

45. So should slowing it down to try and RIG an election.....

Which is what she's wanting to see.

[blueinredohio]

13. Postal service police?

[ananda]

19. I know... that is just so insane!

But what else is new about this admin...

[obamanut2012]

25. The Postal Police are well respected, and not new with this Admin

[Nexus2]

24. The postal service has its own police that can block members of Congress,

but the House and Congress appear to be largely toothless as far as enforcing things lie subpoenas?

[blueinredohio]

31. I never knew they had police.

I knew they had postal detectives. You learn something new every day.

[Beartracks]

43. Right? This.

Isn't there any kind of Congressional enforcement?

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[Akakoji]

46. Like bank guards

If people weren’t sending very valuable things through the mail they wouldn’t be needed. But the USPS has been a target of thieves for hundreds of years.

[AllaN01Bear]

14. this is getting downright rediculus. enough of this nonsense .

[SunSeeker]

17. Just like the feds blocked Dem Congress people from touring child detention facilities.

It is because they have a LOT to hide.

[Volaris]

18. Umm. I'm pretty sure this isnt how the fuck that works, PSP.

Yes, yes, thank you for arresting Steve Bannon, but that doesnt constitute a blank fascism for the next few weeks.

[Ferrets are Cool]

20. What farking world is this?

How is this acceptable in a democracy?

[Vinca]

29. Can members of Congress get search warrants? That's nuts.

It pretty much proves DeJoy is intent on hiding his activities.

[live love laugh]

30. They did their job. Authorization in advance is required for entry

otherwise the mail would be compromised.

It would be nice if rules were made for exceptions like congressional officials but there aren’t.

Even other federal agencies give each other advance notice.

[JeaneRaye]

39. They HAD advance notice.

Did you actually read the article? DWS office notified the PO that they would be coming to observe the PO at 1:30 PM the previous day. I'd say that the PO didn't allow her in because it wasn't enough time to hide the huge piles of mails that they didn't want her to see.

[live love laugh]

41. I said advance authorization. nt

[olegramps]

38. Our executive branch of government is in the hands of thugs.

[geretogo]

47. We truly are nothing but a corrupt BANANA Republic and going down very fast . The corruption is

sickening .

[ck4829]

48. K&R

[Cha]

49. TY DWS!!