NAME OF WHO DID.
>> I DO NOT KNOW.
>> MYSTERY.
POSTMASTER GENERAL LEWIS DEJOY
SAID HE WAS NOT THE ONE THAT
ORDERED THE CHANGES.
HE FACED ROUGHLY SIX HOURS OF
QUESTIONING FROM LAWMAKERS
INCLUDING ON THE IMPACT OF THE
CHANGES AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO
DONALD TRUMP AND OTHER
REPUBLICANS, AND LET’S BRING
INTO OUR CONVERSATION CALIFORNIA
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN, JACKIE
SPEIER.
IT’S NOT A GAME OF CLUE.
IF IT WAS NOT HIM, WHO WAS IT?
WHY COULDN’T HE ANSWER THAT?
>> EXACTLY.
IT’S HIDING THE BALL, AND HE DID
A FAIR AMOUNT OF THAT TODAY IN
QUESTIONING.
IT’S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT
SOMETHING HAPPENED WHEN THE
SEARCH WAS GOING ON IN WHICH
THEY HAD REDUCED THE NUMBER OF
CANDIDATES TO 12, AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN A MR. DEJOY POPS UP AS A
NAME AND HE ENDS UP GETTING THE
JOB.
HIS CONFLICTS ARE SO GROSS AND
HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE COMPANY
CALLED EXPO, WHICH IS ONE OF THE
CONTRACTING COMPANIES, HE’S THE
CEO OF THE COMNY AND HAS
BETWEEN 30 AND $70 MILLION IN
STOCK IN THAT COMPANY, AND
SOMEHOW THAT’S OKAY?
WELL, IT’S NOT OKAY.
THAT’S PART OF WHAT WE WERE
TRYING TO GET OUT TODAY.
>> HIS CONFLICTS, YOU KNOW,
SPEAK TO HIS STATE OF MIND BUT
HIS BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN REVEALED.
THERE’S AN INTERNAL MEMO ON
OVERTIME THAT MY COLLEAGUE
REPORTED ON, AND HIS COLLEAGUE,
MR. STRUMMAN, HAS ELUDED TO.
WHAT IS THE CASE HE’S MAKING TO
THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ABOUT
HIS ROLE IN WHAT’S HAPPENING?
>> WELL, IN SOME RESPECT HE’S
DOING THIS MASSIVE CHANGE AND
THEN PAUSING FOR THE ELECTIONS,
BUT THIS MASSIVE CHANGE SPEAKS
TO, I THINK, UNWINDING THE
POSTAL SERVICE AND THAT’S WHAT I
THINK MANY OF US FEAR.
IF HIS INTENT IS TO OUTSOURCE
THE SORTING FUNCTION BY SHUTTING
DOWN ALL THESE MACHINES AND
DISMANTLING THEM SO IT CAN BE
OUTSOURCED TO SOME THIRD PARTY
THAT WOULD EXPLAIN SOME OF HIS
ACTIONS AND IT SHOULD CAUSE ALL
OF US TO BE QUITE CONCERNED.
FPLT LET ME PLAY SOME OF HIS
TESTIMONY ON THIS AREA
SPECIFICALLY AND WE WILL TALK
ABOUT IT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
>> HAVE ANY PLAN THE MANAGERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN THE USPS
REQUEST SORTING MACHINES BE
REQUESTED?
>> I DON’T KNOW THAT.
HOW WOULD I KNOW THAT?
>> YOU’RE IN CHARGE.
>> WHAT IS THE HARM TO DO IT
UNTIL ELECTION DAY --
>> IN WASHINGTON, IT MAKES
PLENTY OF SENSE.
TO ME IT MAKES NONE.
>> YOU HAVE NOT EXPLAINED WHY.
>> BECAUSE THEY ARE NODT NEEDED.
THAT’S WHY.
>> WHAT IS THE EXPLANATION FOR
THE BINS OF DEAD CHECKS AND
ROTTING FOOD AND OVERFLOWING
MAIL AND THE EQUIPMENT REFUSED
OR DISCONNECTED?
>> I VISITED THE PROCESSING
PLANT LAST WEEK, AND THEY ARE
UNDER STAFFED AND HAVE 200
OPENINGS RIGHT NOW.
AS I WENT THROUGH THE SORTING
FACILITY AND SAW THE MACHINES IN
OPERATION, THEY ARE ABLE TO
HANDLE 30,000 PIECES OF MAIL AN
HOUR.
IT WOULD TAKE 30 POSTAL WORKERS
AN ENTIRE DAY TO HANDLE ONE HOUR
WORTH OF SORTING DONE BY THESE
MACHINES.
THE ACTUAL HEAD OF MAINTENANCE
SAID YOU CANNOT RE-PLUG IN THE
MACHINES UNLESS YOU GET APPROVAL
FROM US.
FOR DEJOY TO ACT LIKE HE DOESN’T
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, AND THIS