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Raja Krishnamoorthi seeks removal of USPS chief
The Lawmaker says the Postal Service acted despite ongoing litigation over Trump's election mail order.
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Malvika Choudhary - Mon, 03, Aug 2026
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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi / IANS
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi called for the removal of U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner over the Postal Service's alleged implementation of President Donald Trump's election mail executive order.
In a letter sent Aug. 3 to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, Krishnamoorthi, a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, accused Steiner of using the U.S. Postal Service to carry out an executive order that federal courts have twice held violates the Constitution. He also sought detailed answers about the agency's apparent implementation efforts despite ongoing litigation.
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"Under your leadership, the United States Postal Service has been transformed into a partisan instrument of voter suppression. You have allowed this institution–trusted for more than two centuries to deliver mail without regard to party or politics–to be pressed into service implementing an Executive Order that federal courts have twice held violates the Constitution," Krishnamoorthi wrote.
Trump's March 31 executive order directed USPS to withhold delivery of mail ballots to voters whose eligibility could not be verified against a federally compiled voter list.
Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia challenged the order, arguing it infringes on powers reserved to states and Congress.
A federal district court blocked key provisions of the order, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld that injunction on July 25. The Trump administration has since asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the order to take effect before the November midterm elections.
The Illinois Democrat also argued that the Trump administration's position before the Supreme Court contradicts USPS's apparent actions.
"The Administration's own filing presents a troubling contradiction. In urging the Supreme Court to allow immediate implementation, the Department of Justice characterized the Executive Order as merely 'general policy guidance' and acknowledged that USPS has not finalized any implementing regulations. Yet USPS's apparent implementation efforts over the past four months tell a different story," Krishnamoorthi said.
Krishnamoorthi further accused Steiner of failing to cooperate with congressional oversight, saying the postmaster general did not respond to repeated requests for information, confirmed during Senate testimony that he intended to implement key aspects of the order despite ongoing litigation, declined to answer follow-up questions in writing, and refused to appear before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
"A Postmaster General who will not tell Congress whether his agency is complying with a federal court order, and who will not appear to answer for that silence, has already forfeited the trust the office requires. I am therefore calling on the Postal Service Board of Governors to remove you as Postmaster General, and I will urge my colleagues on the Committee to join that call," Krishnamoorthi wrote.
Krishnamoorthi requested a response by Aug. 13, seeking detailed records of USPS's implementation activities, guidance issued to postal employees, communications with election officials, and any changes made in response to the federal court injunctions.
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