Recent tension between DeJoy and the Trump administration over the work of the U.S. DOGE Service contributed to the White House’s antipathy toward the mail chief, who was hired during Trump’s first term by a postal board dominated by Trump appointees.

When DOGE officials arrived at postal headquarters, DeJoy refused to give them broad access to agency systems, according to four people familiar with the interactions, something the group has grown accustomed to elsewhere in government.