A postal worker whose allegation of corrupt mail-ballot counting in
Pennsylvania was presented to Attorney General Bill Barr by President
Trump’s allies as a reason to open an investigation into widespread
voter fraud has reportedly recanted his claim.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee were informed by the U.S.
Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General that the USPS worker,
Richard Hopkins, recanted his allegation Sunday after being interviewed
by investigators Friday, a Democratic aide told The Daily Beast.

Hopkins had alleged that he overheard a postmaster in Erie,
Pennsylvania, directing staffers to backdate ballots that were mailed
after the Election Day deadline. Hopkins’ claim, which was publicized by
Project Veritas before getting the attention of the Trump campaign, was
included by Trump’s GOP allies in a letter to Barr urging an
investigation, and Barr greenlit the investigation a short time later.
Hopkins not only recanted his allegations in a sworn affidavit but
admitted to having made them up, according to The Washington Post.
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