
Trump to Nominate Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf to Permanent Role
President Trump on Tuesday announced he will nominate acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf to the role permanently.
President Trump on Tuesday announced he will nominate acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf to the role permanently.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf discussed Portland protests, systemic racism, domestic terrorism and other issues in this 13-minute interview with Axios.
The acting Homeland Security leaders were not appointed through a valid process and therefore aren’t legally qualified to hold their positions, the Government Accountability Office has determined.
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee is investigating Homeland Security’s involvement in protests in Portland and other cities.
Janet Napolitano, the former head of Homeland Security, criticized the department’s role in policing protests in Oregon, calling it “an abuse of authority.”
The inspectors general of the Justice Department and Homeland Security have launched an investigations into how federal agents have used of force and detained protesters during demonstrations in Portland and Washington D.C.
Federal agents who were sent to Portland amid unrest were not adequately trained in riot control or mass demonstrations, Homeland Security warned in an internal memo.
Federal officers in camouflage and unmarked minivans are detaining protesters in Portland without the approval of local and state officials.