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FEMA Faces Questions on Denying Services to Trump Supporters

Fox News reported that FEMA Director Deanne Criswell committed to requesting an inspector general investigation into a reported directive to avoid pro-Trump homes during Hurricane Milton relief. Criswell testified before the House committee on Tuesday, asserting the order came from a single employee, Marn'i Washington, and was not a broader policy. Subcommittee Chairman Scott Perry questioned if higher officials were involved, with Criswell saying no evidence of systemic issues. Washington, however, claimed she was scapegoated for what she described as FEMA’s broader “avoidance” practices, emphasizing safety concerns over political bias. She acknowledged that targeting based on political views would violate the Hatch Act, which prohibits partisan actions.

Understandably, Chairman Perry told The Daily Wire said, “We want to know who’s lying. Somebody’s lying.”

More from The Daily Wire:

“The person that they’ve fired has made multiple claims publicly that there was a culture that existed and that she was directed to do that,” Perry said of the guidance. “The FEMA administrator has said that she has not seen any evidence of that but she didn’t include that she was interested in finding it. She essentially dismissed that there would be any culture or anybody else involved but has no information to verify that.”

Perry said the panel didn’t get a lot of answers on the guidance, apart from claims that there was an ongoing investigation into the matter. Criswell said that anyone else found to be discriminating based on political affiliation would be fired, and that the agency would ensure it didn’t happen again.