WASHINGTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has fired three more supervisors following an internal investigation to be billed by a crew of disaster relief workers who support a home that supports Trump after being hit by Hurricane Milton in Florida.
Current proxy administrator Cameron Hamilton announced in a letter Tuesday to Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) that he concluded that a “comprehensive investigation” failed to “measure our standards of conduct” or “measure our standards of conduct” in partisan underling's actions.
“[I]It is essential that T understands that the entire workforce understands that this incident can be condemned and that this type of action is not tolerated by FEMA,” Hamilton writes.
“And also, following my commitment and President Trump's commitment. [Homeland Security] Secretary [Kristi] To ensure that Americans receive equitable support from FEMA, Noem directed comprehensive additional training to strengthen FEMA staff that political affiliations should not be considered in rendering support. ”
Blackburn expressed his dislike of the display of blatant bias last November and had requested an answer about the snub from Deanne Criswell, a FEMA administrator who is currently a department store.
“We are delighted that FEMA has ended four individuals last year as a result of institutional disgusting discrimination against Trump supporters in the aftermath of Hurricane Helen and Milton,” she posted Thursday.
“This unfair behavior should never be allowed to ramp or ramp out in any organization, not to mention federal agencies designed to meet the needs of Americans.”
Hamilton added that the investigation “does not recognize any evidence that this is a systematic issue or directed by agency or field leadership.”
In October, Washington instructed the crew to make canvas to “avoid homes promoting Trump” on canvases in the bold area of the Lake Placid, Florida hurricane, according to a “best practice” memo. First reported by daily wire.
The agency fired Washington the following month, and Chriswell called her order “a clear violation of FEMA's core values and principles to help people regardless of political affiliation.”
The following month, Washington broke the silence in a November interview with YouTube podcaster Roland Martin, accusing the leader of the FEMA team of ordering workers to ignore supporters of the 47th president's campaign, “Not just Florida, but Carolina.”
“The senior leaders will lie to you and tell you what they don't know, but when you ask [Disaster Survivor Assistance] They'll tell you what the crew leads and the experts are experiencing on the field,” she said.
At the time, a FEMA employee confirmed with the Post that after Hurricane Helene, the crew working in western North Carolina had been given “clear guidance” to be “mindful” in affected areas, either “mainly Republicans” or “very conservative.”
Workers indicated that the focus on agency “fairness” motivated the guidance to distribute. Over $1.2 billion in direct disaster support To the inhabitants who were destroyed by the storm.
A House committee then began probes to potential “systematic bias” in providing disaster relief to victims in support of Southeastern Hurricanes Milton and Helen Trump.
The independent U.S. Special Advisor Office and the inspector's Homeland Security Agency also investigated the case, as did some state attorney generals.
Among these probes, Chriswell testified that he would house lawmakers in November after Trump's election victory, but no evidence emerged that Washington's actions were a widespread issue.
“It's not beyond what this employee did,” she told members of the House Oversight Committee, adding that there was no agency-wide guidance to ignore the so-called “political hostile” homes.
The Special Advisory Office “confirmed” its ratings and slapped Washington last month with a Hatch Act complaint.
by “[e]The Special Advisor's office said Washington violated the 1939 law and opened her to civil penalties and contraindications from future federal employment, the Special Advisor's office said.
The Merit Systems Protection Board, the federal workers' appeals board, is currently considering her case.
