behalf. many of those same employees had never previously donated and didn t donate again after leaving his company. employees reported feeling pressured to donate to please the boss. dejoy s director of human resources said, he asked employees for money. he gave us the money and he reciprocated by giving us big bonuses. an fec lawyer said it appeared to be a run of the mil but very illegal corporate straw donor scheme. another added, it s rare to see it that blatant. louis dejoy has denied doing anything improper. but fast forward today, and the washington post is now reporting that his political fund-raising and the remarkable number of his employees who seemed to have helped with that, that is now the subject of an fbi investigation. according to the post, quote, fbi agents in recent weeks have interviewed current and former employees of dejoy and the business, asking questions about political contributions and company activities. prosecutors also issued a subpoena to dejoy himsel
republican national committee, along with michael cohen, elliott broidy, both of whom have since pleaded guilty to federal charges. after taking office in june, to do an active number of policies including an overtime for coastal workers, limiting the number of mail, trucks limiting sorting machines, including battleground states like pennsylvania, michigan, and florida. it s september, the post reported at his previous company, dejoy urged his employees to make up for the donations. he asked employees for money. we gave him the money, and he reciprocated by giving us big bonuses, said david young, his longtime director human resources, who had access to payroll records. it was something he was asked about in a congressional hearing last august before that post story broke. did you pay back several of your top executives for
pressured to donate, in order to please the boss. his longtime director of human resources told the paper, quote, he asked employees for money. we gave him the money and he reciprocated by giving us big bonuses. former lawyer told the post it appeared to be a run-of-the-mill but very illegal corporate straw donor scheme. another added, quote, it s rare to see it that blatant. louis dejoy has denied doing anything improper but fast forward to today the washington post now reporting his political fund-raising and a remarkable number of his employees who seemed to help with that, that is now the subject of an fbi investigation. according to the post, fbi agents in recent weeks have interviewed current and former employees of dejoy and the business asking questions about political contributions and company activities. prosecutors issued a subpoena to dejoy himself for information. spokesman for list dry confirmed the existence of the investigation but insists he did nothing wrong, again st
dejoy enacted a number of new policies, including eliminating overtime for postal workers, limiting number of mail trucks, removing sorting machines from postal facilities including in battleground states like pennsylvania, michigan, florida. then, in september 2020, the washington post reported at his previous company, dejoy had urged his employees to write checks to republican candidates and attend expensive fundraisers. only to inflate their bonuses to make up for the donations. quote, he asked employees for money. we gave him the money, and then he reciprocated by giving us big bonuses, said david young, dejoy s longtime director of human resources who had access to payroll records. it was something dejoy was asked about in a congressional hearing last august, before that post story broke. did you pay back several of your top executives for contributing to trump s campaign by bonusing or rewarding them? that s an outrageous claim, sir, and i resent it.
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