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The U.S. Postal Service’s Board of Governors signaled strong support for Louis DeJoy on Wednesday after convening a closed-door meeting with the embattled postal chief to discuss congressional investigations tied to the agency’s delivery problems and allegations of political fundraising improprieties.

Congressional Democrats called for DeJoy’s ouster after he pushed through aggressive cost-cutting policies that nonpartisan experts and rank-and-file postal workers say caused multiday mail backlogs in communities across the country. The slowdowns have raised concerns about the agency’s ability to handle an expected avalanche of mailed ballots for the November election.

Others, including Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), on Monday called on the board of governors to suspend DeJoy pending an investigation by Maloney’s committee into claims that he reimbursed employees for campaign contributions they made to his preferred GOP politicians.