https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/postal-worker-fabricated-b****t-pennsylvania/2020/11/10/99269a7c-2364-11eb-8599-406466ad1b8e_story.html?fbclid=IwAR38n1gt8dgg9-M3BLVsfFVW61YNVMPLJ8osscEqdtpHzR1D76rHWFpn4Kc

November 10, 2020 at 7:24 p.m. CST
A Pennsylvania postal worker whose claims have been cited by top Republicans as potential evidence of widespread v****g irregularities admitted to U.S. Postal Service investigators that he fabricated the allegations, according to three officials briefed on the investigation and a statement from a House congressional committee.

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Richard Hopkins’s claim that a postmaster in Erie, Pa., instructed postal workers to backdate b****ts mailed after E******n Day was cited by Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) in a letter to the Justice Department calling for a federal investigation. Attorney General William P. Barr subsequently authorized federal prosecutors to open probes into credible allegations of v****g irregularities and fraud before results are certified, a reversal of long-standing Justice Department policy.

But on Monday, Hopkins, 32, told investigators from the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General that the allegations were not true, and he signed an affidavit recanting his claims, according to officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe an ongoing investigation. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee tweeted late Tuesday that the “whistleblower completely RECANTED.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/postal-worker-fabricated-b****t-pennsylvania/2020/11/10/99269a7c-2364-11eb-8599-406466ad1b8e_story.html?fbclid=IwAR38n1gt8dgg9-M3BLVsfFVW61YNVMPLJ8osscEqdtpHzR1D76rHWFpn4Kc

November 10, 2020 at 7:24 p.m. CST
A Pennsylvania postal worker whose claims have been cited by top Republicans as potential evidence of widespread v****g irregularities admitted to U.S. Postal Service investigators that he fabricated the allegations, according to three officials briefed on the investigation and a statement from a House congressional committee.

Follow the latest on E******n 2020
Richard Hopkins’s claim that a postmaster in Erie, Pa., instructed postal workers to backdate b****ts mailed after E******n Day was cited by Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) in a letter to the Justice Department calling for a federal investigation. Attorney General William P. Barr subsequently authorized federal prosecutors to open probes into credible allegations of v****g irregularities and fraud before results are certified, a reversal of long-standing Justice Department policy.

But on Monday, Hopkins, 32, told investigators from the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General that the allegations were not true, and he signed an affidavit recanting his claims, according to officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe an ongoing investigation. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee tweeted late Tuesday that the “whistleblower completely RECANTED.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/postal-worker-fabricated-b****t-pennsylvania/2020/11/10/99269a7c-2364-11eb-8599-406466ad1b8e_story.html?fbclid=IwAR38n1gt8dgg9-M3BLVsfFVW61YNVMPLJ8osscEqdtpHzR1D76rHWFpn4Kc

November 10, 2020 at 7:24 p.m. CST
A Pennsylvania postal worker whose claims have been cited by top Republicans as potential evidence of widespread v****g irregularities admitted to U.S. Postal Service investigators that he fabricated the allegations, according to three officials briefed on the investigation and a statement from a House congressional committee.

Follow the latest on E******n 2020
Richard Hopkins’s claim that a postmaster in Erie, Pa., instructed postal workers to backdate b****ts mailed after E******n Day was cited by Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) in a letter to the Justice Department calling for a federal investigation. Attorney General William P. Barr subsequently authorized federal prosecutors to open probes into credible allegations of v****g irregularities and fraud before results are certified, a reversal of long-standing Justice Department policy.

But on Monday, Hopkins, 32, told investigators from the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General that the allegations were not true, and he signed an affidavit recanting his claims, according to officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe an ongoing investigation. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee tweeted late Tuesday that the “whistleblower completely RECANTED.”