Later during the hearing, DeJoy said definitively, "We will be able to handle all election mail for the 2020 election." As he did during Friday's Senate hearing, DeJoy also discussed the toll the coronavirus crisis has taken on the agency and its employees. The postmaster general confirmed during Monday's hearing that 83 postal service workers have died from Covid-19. As he testified during Friday's Senate hearing, DeJoy said Monday that the machines "are not necessary." The comments from the postmaster general come as Trump has repeatedly and baselessly attacked mail-in voting, falsely claiming that it is rife with fraud.

Source: CNN August 24, 2020 21:32 UTC