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The Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday that a wide-ranging internal investigation found the Federal Emergency Management Agency engaged in “textbook political discrimination” during the Biden administration by systematically withholding or delaying disaster aid to Americans whose homes displayed pro-Trump or pro-Second Amendment signs.
The probe, conducted by the DHS Privacy Office, concluded that FEMA employees between 2021 and 2024 recorded citizens’ political beliefs in agency databases, and that those details were sometimes used to bypass or postpone aid to disaster survivors. The conduct, investigators said, violated the Privacy Act of 1974 and other DHS data-handling rules intended to protect Americans’ First Amendment rights.
“The federal government was withholding aid against Americans in crisis based on their political beliefs — this should horrify every American, regardless of political persuasion,” Noem said in a statement on Tuesday. “We will not let this stand.”
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The probe, conducted by the DHS Privacy Office, concluded that FEMA employees between 2021 and 2024 recorded citizens’ political beliefs in agency databases, and that those details were sometimes used to bypass or postpone aid to disaster survivors. The conduct, investigators said, violated the Privacy Act of 1974 and other DHS data-handling rules intended to protect Americans’ First Amendment rights.
“The federal government was withholding aid against Americans in crisis based on their political beliefs — this should horrify every American, regardless of political persuasion,” Noem said in a statement on Tuesday. “We will not let this stand.”
DHS probe: FEMA withheld aid from Trump supporters
By Tom Ozimek Contributing Writer The Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday that a wide-ranging internal investigation found the Federal Emergency Management Agency engaged in “textbook political discrimination” during the Biden administration by systematically […]
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