{"id":29462,"date":"2020-10-17T10:34:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T15:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=29462"},"modified":"2020-10-19T10:00:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T15:00:27","slug":"ohio-postal-worker-investigated-for-alleged-facebook-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/10\/17\/ohio-postal-worker-investigated-for-alleged-facebook-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio postal worker investigated for alleged Facebook comment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CINCINNATI (FOX19) – A local postal worker is under investigation for a comment he allegedly made on Facebook about election ballots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The postal worker in question was assigned to the Covington Post Office, according to U.S. Postal Service authorities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The alleged post reads:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cYou know I work the window at the post office right? You know that people wearing MAGA hats and Trump t-shirts are coming in all day ever day and handing me absentee ballots? Whaddaya think happens to those ballots?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Christopher Allen is a special agent from the USPS\u2019s Office of the Inspector General. Allen submitted the following statement on the alleged incident:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“On October 13, 2020, special agents from the USPSOIG in Covington, Kentucky interviewed the subject who made the comments on Facebook. Our investigation determined that no destruction of or tampering with the United States Mail occurred. Fox 19<\/a><\/p>\n

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