According to legally-protected whistleblower disclosures provided to my office, the United States Postal Service (USPS) hired a registered sex offender as a mail carrier. The whistleblower disclosure noted that the employee disclosed his status as a registered sex offender on his job application. It’s been further alleged that instead of firing this individual, USPS placed the individual on administrative leave upon discovering his status.
On September 23, 2024, I spoke on the Senate floor highlighting USPS’s obstruction of my oversight of this matter. Specifically, USPS refused to provide my staff with a list of mail carriers who are registered sex offenders because, according to the Postal Service, the Privacy Act barred the agency from doing so. Additionally, USPS initially refused to provide a complete list of all USPS letter carriers because my staff might cross-reference them against public sex offender registries.
