{"id":12538,"date":"2015-10-01T07:14:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T12:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=12538"},"modified":"2015-10-01T07:14:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T12:14:08","slug":"video-pittsburgh-postmaster-will-stand-trial-on-charges-of-intimidating-subordinates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/10\/01\/video-pittsburgh-postmaster-will-stand-trial-on-charges-of-intimidating-subordinates\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Pittsburgh postmaster will stand trial on charges of intimidating subordinates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A prosecutor Wednesday claimed that Pittsburgh\u2019s suspended postmaster engaged in a \u201csystemic manipulation of his employees\u201d when he allegedly intimidated and threatened subordinates last year in an effort to dissuade them from cooperating with federal investigators who were looking into his activities. <a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pittsburgh-postmaster-davis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12539\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pittsburgh-postmaster-davis.jpg\" alt=\"pittsburgh-postmaster-davis\" width=\"252\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pittsburgh-postmaster-davis.jpg 306w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pittsburgh-postmaster-davis-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was using his position as the biggest boss in the city and held it over their heads,\u201d Assistant District Attorney Brian Catanzarite said of Daniel P. 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