to the election. remember, we were in the middle of the pandemic. there was concern about going to polling stations to vote and so there was a flurry of people trying to vote by mail. and many states trying to make voting by mail as accessible as possible. now, that prospect of making voting easier did not set well with donald trump's administration, who railed against mail voting every chance they got. and so, that attack on democracy appeared to manifest itself in the dismantling of the way that people would vote by mail. the post office destroying the way they sent their ballot. they would get and send their ballots. the great mail slowdown of 2020 was executed by trump's postmaster general, louis dejoy. he is a wealthy businessman and prolific republican donor who contributed over $1.5 million to trump's campaigns in 2016 and 2020. now, before he was named postmaster general, he was named one of the three national deputy finance chairmen for the republican national committee, along with, drum roll, michael cohen and elliot, both of whom, have since pleaded guilty to federal charges. after taking office, in june,