Probe of FEMA Chief Brock Long Referred to Prosecutors

[fleur-de-lisa]

Source: Wall Street Journal

An investigation targeting President Trump’s top emergency-management official has been referred to federal prosecutors to determine whether criminal charges should be pursued, according to people familiar with the probe.

Brock Long, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and two other federal employees may have broken multiple laws while they commuted frequently between Washington and Mr. Long’s home in Hickory, N.C., at taxpayers’ expense said one of the people briefed on the investigation.

Mr. Long has said he is cooperating with the investigation, which has been led by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general. Mr. Long declined to comment through a FEMA spokesman.

The inspector general’s office and U.S. attorney’s office in Washington also declined to comment. A White House spokesman didn’t return a request for comment.



Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/probe-of-fema-chief-brock-long-referred-to-prosecutors-1537216393

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Too bad he isnt a Democrat, the nation would STOP IN ITS TRACKS and nothing would

happen until gone.

[Turbineguy]

2. That's a good default for

any trump admin person.

[llmart]

3. My God!

Is there anyone in that administration that isn't feeding from the trough?

How on earth all those trump voters can rationalize voting for this idiot is beyond me. However, having said that, they probably aren't exactly the kind of people who keep up on what's going on in the news, unless it's Faux News, and they aren't about to report any of this.

[NewJeffCT]

5. I don't think so

at this point, it would be a surprise if anybody was corruption free.

[fleur-de-lisa]

7. No, there is not. n/t

[BigmanPigman]

12. Most corrupt admin in 100 years!

The moron is a winner at this one thing..congrats to the traitor in chief. He hires the best crooks, only the best!

[NewJeffCT]

4. Next in line for FEMA head

the guy that flashed the White Power sign in the background like week

[Achilleaze]

6. republican rip-off artists are a plague upon America

what creepy lowlifes

[iluvtennis]

8. Everyday, it's something else. Drip, drip, drip. GAH

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Donald Trump: I know the best people.

[paleotn]

10. Why does an old Queen song come to mind?

[greyl]

11. Regarding FEMA and Brock, you must mean "Keep Yourself Alive".

Lol, I know Another One Bites the Dust.

[paleotn]

13. The later!

Trump appointees dropping like flies.

[mnhtnbb]

14. Link to Reuters for those who can't get behind the WSJ paywall

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fema/probe-of-fema-chief-referred-to-prosecutors-source-idUSKCN1LY04C

Brock Long lives in North Carolina and is scheduled to meet with Governor Cooper today, I believe, about dealing with the aftermath of Florence.