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America First Legal Today, America First Legal (AFL) opened an investigation into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials who apparently engaged in a pattern and practice of withholding federal Hurricanes Helene and Milton disaster relief from homeowners with Trump signs. The government may not constitutionally deprive a citizen of his or her First Amendment rights in… Read more »

By Justin Harclerode  Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Scott Perry (R-PA) today asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General to conduct an investigation of incidents in which Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees… Read more »

By Lauren Irwin House Republicans are calling for an investigation into Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees, alleging they avoided homes with Trump campaign yard signs in multiple states when they were assisting communities hit by recent hurricanes. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and subcommittee… Read more »

By  Leif Le Mahieu FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell spent over five hours on Tuesday testifying about an agency supervisor’s direction to relief workers to skip homes with Trump signs. But Criswell revealed little about the scandal, instead repeatedly pointing to the agency’s “ongoing investigation.” Lawmakers on two Republican-led committees grilled… Read more »

By Peter Cordi The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is holding a hearing at 10 a.m. to grill FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on the “failure of leadership” that resulted in supporters of President-elect Donald Trump being discriminated against during Hurricane Helene disaster relief. All 35 Republicans on the committee, led by Chairman Sam Graves… Read more »

By  Leif Le Mahieu Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry told The Daily Wire he was not satisfied with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell’s answers during a Tuesday hearing on an agency employee’s instruction to relief workers to skip homes with Trump flags or signs. Perry, the chair of the subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management,… Read more »

By Justin Harclerode  Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republicans today demanded answers from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell about her agency’s troubling responses to recent disasters and crises, including the amount… Read more »

 A Republican House lawmaker pressed Biden-Harris Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell over a FEMA supervisor having directed aid workers to ignore homes of hurricane victims who expressed visible support for then-candidate Donald Trump. The supervisor in question, Marn’i Washington, has since been fired from the… Read more »

Basil John FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell faced a grilling in the House Tuesday over FEMA’s response to recent hurricanes, including an employee who told workers to ignore homes with yard signs supporting Donald Trump. Even though lawmakers were conducting hearings looking at FEMA’s overall response to recent storms, many of them were concerned about the reports of workers… Read more »

By Peter Cordi  An oversight letter sent Thursday by Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman, and Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) demands the Federal Emergency Management Agency provide a detailed briefing on the agency’s response to Trump supporters being skipped during canvassing. The committee, which has legislative… Read more »