Postmaster general Louis DeJoy is being accused of an “unlawful” practice in which his former North Carolina based company reimbursed employees for political contributions they were pressured to make. While encouraging employees to give to political campaigns is not illegal, “reimbursing them for those contributions is a violation of North Carolina and federal election laws.” That’s according to the Washington Post.

Five people who worked for DeJoy’s former business, New Breed Logistics, say they were urged by DeJoy’s aides or by the chief executive himself to write checks and attend fundraisers at his 15,000-square-foot gated mansion beside a Greensboro, N.C., country club. There, events for Republicans running for the White House and Congress routinely fetched $100,000 or more apiece.

Two other employees familiar with New Breed’s financial and payroll systems said DeJoy would instruct that bonus payments to staffers be boosted to help defray the cost of their contributions, an arrangement that would be unlawful.

In addition to unnamed sources, the Post says DeJoy’s longtime director of human resources David Young went on the record saying:

“Louis was a national fundraiser for the Republican Party. He asked employees for money. We gave him the money, and then he reciprocated by giving us big bonuses… When we got our bonuses, let’s just say they were bigger, they exceeded expectations — and that covered the tax and everything else.”

The Attorney General for North Carolina addressed the allegations on Twitter.

This issue actually came up when DeJoy appeared before the House Oversight Committee back in late August. When confronted about it, at that time, DeJoy denied the allegation, calling it “an outrageous claim.”