{"id":36004,"date":"2020-11-11T14:56:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T18:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=36004"},"modified":"2020-11-11T14:57:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T18:57:19","slug":"brave-usps-whistleblower-gets-job-and-pay-suspended-for-telling-truth-about-pa-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=36004","title":{"rendered":"Brave USPS Whistleblower Gets Job and Pay Suspended For Telling Truth About PA Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Pa. postal whistleblower Richard Hopkins placed on leave without pay<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Erie letter carrier on &#8216;off duty\/non-pay status&#8217; pending investigation<\/p>\n<p>By Valerie Richardson<br \/>\nThe Washington Times<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36010\" style=\"width: 888px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36010\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36010\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/election_2020_pennsylvania_50788_s878x544.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"878\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/election_2020_pennsylvania_50788_s878x544.jpg 878w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/election_2020_pennsylvania_50788_s878x544-300x186.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/election_2020_pennsylvania_50788_s878x544-768x476.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marian Collin Franco, 20, helps collect provisional ballots at the Erie County Courthouse on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Erie, Pa. (Greg Wohlford\/Erie Times-News via AP)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36007\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-11-at-1.49.12-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-11-at-1.49.12-PM.png 668w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-11-at-1.49.12-PM-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36006\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-11-at-1.49.28-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"674\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-11-at-1.49.28-PM.png 674w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-11-at-1.49.28-PM-300x126.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36005\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-11-at-1.49.47-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-11-at-1.49.47-PM.png 679w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-11-at-1.49.47-PM-300x70.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: GoFundMe Removes Richard Hopkins page he set up in anticipation of losing his job.<\/p>\n<p>USPS retaliated.<\/p>\n<p>He is doubling down on statements ballots were backdated to Nov 3. Full Audio of federal agent interrogation tomorrow!<\/p>\n<p>GO HERE TO SUPPORT HIM <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SH14Zi6dOl\">https:\/\/t.co\/SH14Zi6dOl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xrvxhiGwmJ\">pic.twitter.com\/xrvxhiGwmJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James O&#8217;Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesOKeefeIII\/status\/1326367797442646016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading at&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2020\/nov\/11\/richard-hopkins-pa-postal-whistleblower-placed-lea\/?utm_source=Boomtrain&amp;utm_medium=manual&amp;utm_campaign=newsalert&amp;utm_content=newsalert&amp;utm_term=newsalert&amp;bt_ee=UhMyF5TIdHT3eLnsThjHlkB4YkCzDIKprs1nterH32YVaOgB45JYz%2BMYKhJPcpxc&amp;bt_ts=1605118915246\">https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2020\/nov\/11\/richard-hopkins-pa-postal-whistleblower-placed-lea\/?utm_source=Boomtrain&amp;utm_medium=manual&amp;utm_campaign=newsalert&amp;utm_<br \/>\ncontent=newsalert&amp;utm_term=newsalert&amp;bt_ee=UhMyF5TIdHT3eLnsThjHlkB4YkCzDIKprs1nterH32YVaOgB45JYz%2BMYKhJPcpxc&amp;bt_ts=1605118915246<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pa. postal whistleblower Richard Hopkins placed on leave without pay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}