KRISHNAMOORTHI CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF POSTMASTER GENERAL OVER EFFORT TO IMPLEMENT TRUMP'S ELECTION MAIL EXECUTIVE ORDER FEDERAL COURTS HAVE TWICE HELD VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION

Washington, Aug. 3 -- Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON - Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today called on the Postal Service Board of Governors to remove Postmaster General David Steiner, accusing him of using the U.S. Postal Service in an effort to implement President Trump's election mail executive order, which federal courts have twice held violates the Constitution. In a letter sent today, Krishnamoorthi also demanded answers about USPS's apparent implementation of the order. In the letter, Krishnamoorthi argues that Steiner has transformed USPS into a partisan instrument of voter suppression: "Under your leadership,...