Trump Administration Challenges Findings on Legality of Homeland Security Promotions

Trump Administration Challenges Findings on Legality of Homeland Security Promotions
Chad Wolf, acting Secretary of Homeland Security, appears before a Senate panel in Washington on Aug. 6, 2020. Toni Sandys/Pool/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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The watchdog conclusions that the highest officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were promoted in an invalid order of succession are “baseless and baffling,” a Trump administration official said on Monday.

Acting DHS General Counsel Chad Mizelle said the findings from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) didn’t include relevant evidence and questioned the timing of the legal opinion.
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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