The U.S. Postal Service’s internal watchdog confirmed Tuesday it is investigating allegations from a whistleblower who warned that the agency’s rushed implementation of President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting order could disrupt the midterms and prevent voters from receiving ballots.
The USPS Office of Inspector General told Democracy Docket that it has received the whistleblower’s allegations and is reviewing them.
“Our office has received the whistleblower allegations around the Postal Service’s implementation of the Executive Order,” the inspector general’s office said. “We are currently analyzing the information and plan to conduct an independent review of these allegations.”
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The confirmation goes further than what was publicly known last week, when Democratic lawmakers said the inspector general had opened an investigation after they urged the watchdog to examine the whistleblower’s claims. At the time, the inspector general’s office had not responded to Democracy Docket’s request for comment.
The watchdog did not characterize its planned work as a formal investigation, instead saying it would conduct an “independent review.”
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