NEW: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to Step Down

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will step down after five years on the job.

Recall that in December, Louis DeJoy was grilled during a congressional hearing about his failures.

Lawmakers accuses Louis DeJoy of bankrupting the USPS. He covered his ears as representatives blamed him for the fall of the postal service.

WATCH:

NEW: The Postmaster General Louis DeJoy covers his ears during a Congressional Hearing as Representative McCormick rips him for “bankrupting” USPS. pic.twitter.com/2OCR42Luy4

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Louis DeJoy announced his intention to step down on Monday and asked the Postal Service Board of Governors to replace him.

AP reported:

Louis DeJoy, the head of the U.S. Postal Service, intends to step down, the federal agency said Tuesday, after a nearly five-year tenure marked by the coronavirus pandemic, surges in mail-in election ballots and efforts to stem losses through cost and service cuts.

In a Monday letter, Postmaster General DeJoy asked the Postal Service Board of Governors to begin looking for his successor.

“As you know, I have worked tirelessly to lead the 640,000 men and women of the Postal Service in accomplishing an extraordinary transformation,” he wrote. “We have served the American people through an unprecedented pandemic and through a period of high inflation and sensationalized politics.”

The postmaster general is the second-highest-paid federal employee. According to public records, in 2024, Dejoy’s reported pay was $341,020.

Openpayrolls reports, “This is 342.2 percent higher than the average pay for federal agency employees and 375.3 percent higher than the national average for government employees.”

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