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| Now top federal official in charge of Florence response faces prosecution for having 'caravan' of government cars help him leave D.C. on Thursdays to spend weekends in North Carolina |
| 2018-09-19 |
[DailyMail] - FEMA administrator Brock Long has been under investigation by an inspector general for commutes to his home in Hickory, NC
- The IG has now referred the case to federal prosecutors who will decide whether to pursue charges
- Often left D.C. on Thursdays for 'caravan' of government vehicles home
- In one such trip one vehicle was involved in an accident
- Proper reporting procedures not followed
- IG office put Long under surveillance
- Long got quizzed on his own use of government cars as Hurricane Florence barreled toward the coast of his home state
- He sad he was '100 per cent focused on Floyd'
- He may have been referencing a 1999 hurricane that hit the East Coast
- He was responding to questions about a probe of his repeated use of government vehicles and a driver for six-hour trip to his North Carolina home
- FEMA aides who accompanied him were put up in hotels at government expense
- Said he would 'fully cooperate with any investigation' and 'own up to any mistakes'
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| Posted by:Skidmark |