New York attorney general files lawsuit to protect U.S. Postal Service


  • World
  • Wednesday, 26 Aug 2020

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee delivers mail in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Trump administration aimed at stopping what she said was an effort to disrupt operations at the U.S. Postal Service at a time when a pandemic has prompted millions more people than usual to plan to vote by mail.

The lawsuit - which names President Donald Trump, the postal service and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy - asks the court to vacate recent changes made to the U.S. Postal Service and to stop it from implementing additional service reductions.

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