Acting DHS boss takes aim at 'fabricated' complaints, reports at confirmation hearing
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Wednesday fired back at a series of allegations about his time in charge of the Department of Homeland Security as he was questioned by senators during a hearing to confirm him to the role permanently.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Wednesday fired back at a series of allegations about his time in charge of the Department of Homeland Security as he was questioned by senators during a hearing to confirm him to the role permanently.
Wolf has held the position in an acting capacity since last year, replacing then-acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan. President Trump formally nominated Wolf for the position last month.
DHS has been in the crosshairs over a number of issues, including the treatment of illegal immigrants, intelligence surrounding potential foreign interference in elections and its approach to handling anarchist violence in cities like Portland, Ore.
DHS has been in the crosshairs over a number of issues, including the treatment of illegal immigrants, intelligence surrounding potential foreign interference in elections and its approach to handling anarchist violence in cities like Portland, Ore.
His testimony came amid reports the consulting firm where Wolf’s wife is an executive received more than $6 million in DHS contracts since September 2018. NBC reported the consulting company had a long history of federal contracts but worked for DHS after Wolf became Transportation Security Administration chief of staff in 2017.
Wolf said he found out about the contracts in response to media inquiries but had no role in procurements.
“Whether I was chief of staff, acting secretary, under secretary or any other position at the department, I have no role in procurements, I don’t even see procurements until they are released, in the news, on the street,” he said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.
In other developments:
- DHS chief Wolf says border crossers now are mostly single adults coming for economic reasons
- Wolf says 'lone, homegrown' terror threat is top DHS focus 19 years after 9/11
- DHS 'will never abdicate this moral and legal duty' to protect US from rioters: Chad Wolf
In other developments:
- DHS chief Wolf says border crossers now are mostly single adults coming for economic reasons
- Wolf says 'lone, homegrown' terror threat is top DHS focus 19 years after 9/11
- DHS 'will never abdicate this moral and legal duty' to protect US from rioters: Chad Wolf
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