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These things threaten the foundation upon which not only our own democracy rests, but democracies around the world rest. >> joining me now, annette barragon. you've been vocal on how these changes to the post office can hurt people. what can congress do about this? we know there was money in a hero's act which is still mccon. does this pressure democrats to come to a compromise on covid relief negotiations? >> well, democrats have been at the table. speaker pelosi had been clear, but we can't leave the post office behind. and we can't allow this president to continue to sabotage not just the p...

The postal service now says it will stop removing the boxes in western states until after the election. democratic lawmakers, as you might imagine, are furious, and again, demanding answers from the head of the postal service louis dejoy. we've now learned the agency's inspector general has begun a review of dejoy's policy changes and ethics concepts. for more about this, abby phillip is in washington. >> reporter: after months of railing against mail-in ballots that they claims will hurt republicans -- >> mail-in voting is going to be the greatest fraud in history of elections. >> reporter: p...

The agency told nbc news in a statement, these are part of normal business adjustments. we also learned that dejoy has written a memo to post office staff admitting that recent cutbacks and restructuring has resulted in, quote, unintended consequences that impacted our overall service levels. although he has said the agency will be able to handle the demand of the ballots and the election. the postal service inspector general is, quote, now reviewing dejoy's policies as well as whether he violates any federal ethics rules. don't forget in previous cases trump has merely fired the inspectors ge...

Postmaster general louis dejoy apparently is trying to retro fit the post office. nbc news has obtained an internal us postal service document revealing plans nothing short of removing 671 high volume mail processing machines from postal facilities around our country. the agency told nbc news in a statement, these are part of normal business adjustments. we also learned that dejoy has written a memo to post office staff admitting that recent cutbacks and restructuring has resulted in, quote, unintended consequences that impacted our overall service levels. although he has said the agency will ...

Legislation that would put 25 billion toward the post office which is critically needed. now, republicans are not taking this seriously enough, and frankly one of the things we have to do, continue to shine a light on this, but congress needs to have hearings on this, they continue to shine a lot on what is going on, and we need to continue to press on the negotiating table to get this done. one of the things that would be helpful is, many people across the country, especially in red parts of the country to call their members, call their senators, and put the pressure on. we hope that pressure...