But he told senators he did not yet have a plan for handling a crush of election mail. From the White House, Mr Trump delivered fresh complaints over the mail-in ballots expected because of the coronavirus pandemic. Mr DeJoy declared the Postal Service “is fully capable and committed to delivering the nation’s election mail securely and on-time”. At Friday’s hearing, Mr DeJoy said he had had “no idea” equipment was being removed until the public outcry. Now that it is widely known, Democrats pressed him for his plan to ensure election mail and ballots arrived on time.

Source: Irish Independent August 22, 2020 05:37 UTC