U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., has accused U.S. Postal Service employees of stealing nearly $20,000 in campaign contributions sent through the mail.
In a letter sent Thursday to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, Stefanik's legal team at the D.C. law firm Wiley Rein LLP claimed that on four occasions between June and November, packages sent to Stefanik's campaign, Elise for Congress, "containing campaign contributions were ripped open and the contents stolen while in the custody of USPS or its contractors."
"Three of these incidents occurred in a single week," the letter said. "In each case, the evidence indicates that Elise for Congress's packages were plundered by a USPS employee or contractor while the packages were in transit. These repeated security failures by USPS have not only resulted in the loss of nearly $20,000 in campaign contributions, but also — and more alarmingly — have exposed hundreds of Congresswoman Stefanik's campaign supporters to potential identity theft or financial fraud."
Stefanik's office provided Newsmax with photographic evidence of mail returned by the USPS that had been torn open. Also provided was a letter from the Postal Inspection Service that said a returned parcel was part of a mail theft investigation occurring at the FedEx hub in Memphis, Tennessee.
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