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NorthJersey.comView CommentsRep. Bill Pascrell Jr. has asked state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to impanel a grand jury to investigate what Pascrell calls the "accelerating arson" of the U.S. Postal Service by the Trump administration.Pascrell, D-NJ, said President Donald Trump, U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and other Trump officials are subverting New Jersey state elections, Pascrell , the same day Gov. Phil Murphy said New Jersey's November general election will be conducted ."I call upon you to open a wide-ranging investigation of Trump's action to interfere with our elections and empanel a grand jury to consider criminal indictments," Pascrell said in a letter to Grewal.Trump when he explained his opposition to emergency funding for the USPS by saying if the agency doesn't get more money, it would not be able to handle the expected avalanche of mail-in ballots this November. Trump, trailing in polls against Democrat Joe Biden, has made the unfounded claim that an increase in mail-in ballots would lead to voter fraud.Trump's comments came as reports surfaced of , where all voting is conducted by mail.In , Pascrell said he’s heard from constituents that many North Jersey communities are facing "habitually slower mail delivery.”ELECTION:OPINION:“We do not have much time to prepare and our state, like others, will rely absolutely on the USPS’s efficiency,” Pascrell wrote. “Amid this ongoing pandemic, the USPS will be the electoral heart and engine or New Jersey’s and America’s electoral machinery.”Murphy said on Friday that he is confident the “Postal Service nonsense will be depoliticized,” adding that New Jersey voters nervous about slipping their ballots in mailboxes will have access to drop boxes in every county and will be able to hand their ballot to election workers.After Trump's initial comments on USPS funding, he then said he might agree to more funding for the cash-strapped agency if House Democrats agree to deal on new coronavirus relief."Attorney General Grewal is deeply concerned by recent reports of potential political interference in the operations of the U.S. Postal Service," a Grewal spokesman said. "As is our standard practice, we are neither going to confirm nor deny a grand jury investigation."Terrence T. McDonald&nbsp;is a reporter for NorthJersey.com. For unlimited access to the most important news from your local community,&nbsp;.Email:&nbsp;&nbsp;Twitter:&nbsp;&nbsp;View Comments

NorthJersey.comView CommentsRep. Bill Pascrell Jr. has asked state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to impanel a grand jury to investigate what Pascrell calls the "accelerating arson" of the U.S. Postal Service by the Trump administration.Pascrell, D-NJ, said President Donald Trump, U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and other Trump officials are subverting New Jersey state elections, Pascrell , the same day Gov. Phil Murphy said New Jersey's November general election will be conducted ."I call upon you to open a wide-ranging investigation of Trump's action to interfere with our elections...

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