Trump Regime Provides FEMA Chief a Lie Detect...

The appearing head of FEMA was lately given a lie detector check to find out if he leaked info to the press concerning the Trump regime’s plans to destroy the federal catastrophe company, in keeping with a brand new report from Politico. And whereas that will seem to be a very weird factor to do to a senior official who’s purported to be conducting essential authorities work, it’s simply one other footnote in America’s speedy descent into fascism.

FEMA appearing Administrator Cameron Hamilton was given the lie detector check after he had a gathering on March 25 with Kristi Noem, the previous governor of South Dakota and present Secretary of Homeland Safety. Additionally within the assembly, in keeping with Politico, was Corey Lewandowski, an adviser to President Donald Trump who’s reportedly working as a “particular authorities worker,” not in contrast to Elon Musk. The disclosure of the assembly, reported by CNN on March 26, was apparently thought-about a betrayal.

The Division of Homeland Safety appeared to verify that the lie detector check came about in a press release to Politico, warning that “leakers” can be prosecuted. However the results of the lie detector check wasn’t precisely clear.

“Underneath Secretary Noem’s management, DHS is unapologetic about its efforts to root out leakers that undermine nationwide safety. We’re agnostic about your standing, tenure, political appointment or standing as a profession civil servant—we’ll monitor down leakers and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the legislation,” a DHS spokesperson instructed Politico.

President Trump has not nominated a everlasting FEMA administrator, and Hamilton is a former Navy SEAL who has labored within the federal authorities for the previous decade, together with on the Division of Homeland Safety and the State Division. Because the New York Times identified when Hamilton was appointed to the function shortly after Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, Hamilton was thought-about an odd alternative for the pinnacle of FEMA given his lack of expertise in catastrophe response.

The information about DHS lie detector checks comes as FEMA is in sizzling water over withholding monetary help to “blue” states, or people who voted for Democrats within the 2024 election. A federal decide ordered a halt to federal funding freezes by FEMA that have been holding again cash to not less than 19 states. And on Friday, that decide dominated that the order had been violated. What occurs after that? It seems the decide hasn’t discovered the Trump regime legal professionals in contempt but, so nothing occurs. At this level, the decide has simply issued one other order, telling them to obey the earlier order.

And that appears to talk to the asymmetry proper now taking place with the rule of legislation on one aspect and the Trump regime on the opposite. These of us are sending U.S. residents to El Salvador with out trial and making prime officers take lie detector checks. Then you’ve got judges doing little greater than saying “Fairly please obey our orders.” It’s not nice.