President Trump plans to tap Louis DeJoy, a businessman and top donor, to be head of the U.S. Postal Service, a source familiar with the matter tells NBCNews.
Trump has called for the post office to hit Amazon and other tech companies with much higher prices for packages to make up for its budget woes. The president has also signaled that he won't support giving the agency billions of dollars in loans as the administration tries to protect the economy with aid packages during the coronavirus pandemic.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters last month that Trump is looking to privatize the agency, which she called a"very big danger" for the country, especially in the middle of the coronavirus outbreak. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., chairman of the Oversight subcommittee on government operations, which oversees the agency, said in a phone interview Wednesday that the nomination raises eyebrows.
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