‘STOOGE’ IS IN

B’klyn pols trash Trump postmaster general

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries called Tuesday for a criminal probe of President Trump’s embattled Postal Service chief even as Postmaster General Louis DeJoy agreed to roll back cutbacks that critics say are designed to disrupt voting by mail in the November election.

Calling DeJoy a “stooge” of Trump, the No. 4 Democrat in the House of Representatives denounced the controversial cost-cutting moves that he said have put democracy at risk.

“It’s outrageous that Donald Trump and his henchmen right before our very eyes thought they could get away with destroying the Postal Service from within,” Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens) said outside the Cadman Plaza post office in downtown Brooklyn.

Flanked by colleague Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Brooklyn), Jeffries called for the FBI to investigate DeJoy for interfering with mail service for partisan political gain.

Clarke demanded DeJoy resign immediately.

“Trump and DeJoy have demonstrated that they are not interested in conducting free and fair elections,” Clarke said.

The lawmakers spoke hours after DeJoy said he would “suspend” his initiatives until after the election “to avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail.”

DeJoy said the agency will stop the removal of collection boxes and mail-processing machines, and will not close mail-processing facilities. He also said overtime for workers has not been eliminated.

“The Postal Service is ready to handle whatever volume of election mail it receives,” DeJoy said.

That’s a 180-degree flipflop from his stand a couple of days ago, when he pointedly warned states not to rely on the “We Deliver for You” workers to meet absentee ballot deadlines.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called the decision a “necessary first step,” but called on DeJoy to repair the damage that has already been done to the federal