Some lawmakers are calling for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's suspension following a Washington Post investigation.

The Post reported Sunday that when DeJoy was CEO of New Breed Logistics, he urged employees to write checks to Republican campaigns.

The Post also reported that employees said DeJoy authorized bonuses to staffers to defray the contribution costs - an illegal act.

Under U.S. law, this type of campaign finance violation - a straw donor scheme - is subject to federal prison time and/or a fine.

But the statute of limitations on campaign finance violations is 5 years and the donations stopped six years ago, the Post found.

DeJoy is the 75th U.S. Postmaster General, a position he was named to in June 2020 by the USPS Board of Governors.

The Board's members were all appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Prior to becoming Postmaster General, he was the CEO of a logistics company and a GOP fundraiser in North Carolina.

At the USPS, DeJoy banned overtime and extra trips to deliver mail, had mailboxes in many cities removed, and planned to remove nearly 700 of mail-sorting machines.

He faced critics who said the moves were attempts to delay the mail ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election. The USPS inspector general also investigating these allegations.

Many Americans will be voting by post this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Following the criticism, DeJoy announced in August he would suspend his planned changes until after the election.

But he said that he will not bring back more machines and 700 post boxes that have already been removed.

Trump has publicly stated that he has tried to delay funding the USPS to hinder mail-in ballots, something Trump often says is subject to widespread voter fraud.

Studies have shown that voter fraud is exceedingly rare. Stanford University look at 130 million ballots in the 2012 election and found 0.02 percent of votes were double votes - virtually zero.

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