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NEW: Judge Emmet Sullivan is so angered by the US Postal Service's inability to sweep its facilities for ballots yesterday afternoon, following a court order to do so, that he said he will want answers under oath from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
Sullivan ordered USPS to have inspectors sweep facilities between 12:30-3 yesterday, and they didn't. They went back in for sweeps after 4, notifying the judge late of the failure. So today we have a series of hearings about what happened, and how many ballots aren't delivered.
This was our overview from the weekend about the oversight Sullivan and Judge Stanley Bastian in Washington state have given the USPS on a daily basis in recent days: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/30/politics/usps-ballots-mail-in-election/index.html
Yesterday, 2 issues arose with the USPS daily reports to court, that prompted Sullivan's order. 1, persistent low delivery numbers in battlegrounds, and 2, 300K ballots w/o final scans for delivery (but there are lots of explanations why that might be--doesn't mean lost ballots)
USPS is BACK before Judge Sullivan at 1:30 pm today. A top official overseeing election mail set to testify. (Not Dejoy)
On Judge Emmet Sullivan--yep, he's the judge who dealt with DOJ mess ups in Ted Stevens prosecution. AND he's handling Michael Flynn's case--which clearly is taking a back seat to USPS this week.
Few dull moments in this court!
Read the profile: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/politics/judge-emmet-sullivan-flynn-case/index.html
Few dull moments in this court!
Read the profile: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/politics/judge-emmet-sullivan-flynn-case/index.html
