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First on Fox: The appointment of 22 -year -old Trump, Thomas Fugte spoke after being put into a spotlight with Fox News Digital and criticized his young age, inexperience and role. President Donald Trump Administration.
Official title of fugate on Homeland Department of Security (DHS) Is a special assistant. However, several outlets reported that Fugate was the head of DHS’s Center for Prevention Programs and Partnership (CP3). The CP3 is the dHS’s head office to prevent terrorism and targeted violence.
Youth Appointment and DHS denied those claims of Fox News Digital.
“All decisions came down from policy leadership, [the] Understanding, Deputy Secretary, and Chief of Staff, “Fugate insisted.
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22 -year -old Thomas Fugte is a special assistant with Homeland Security Department. (Department of Homeland Security)
Fugate said that CP3, a program which was With a cut of $ 18.5 million Last week, there is a huge low role compared to previous administration as Trump’s DHS has reduced the division.
“Before I reach there, [CP3] Already flagged for garbage, fraud and misconduct, “Fugate explained.” We are not talking about the office on a large scale office of 80 people, in which work has been done with many types of tasks. We are talking about a very niche and small, special office. ,
Fugate said that the office focuses on administering the grant program mainly.
“This only happens when you take it out of the context and take it out of the ratio that it becomes a major problem where people think that I am practically running the FBI,” Fugate continued.
The DHS also told Fox News Digital that the Fugate was never in the leadership position within the program, and even referred to as a “low-level” employee.
Several media outlets took the appointment of 22 -year -old Thomas Fugte of President Trump to a position with Homeland Security. (Getty image)
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DHS Assistant Secretary Trisia McLaglin told Fox, “This entire smear campaign around Thomas Fugate is a smokscreen to bury the large -scale piece and waste festival in the CP3 program under the Biden Administration Watch.” “Fugate never played the director’s role in the CP3, and this means that he had operated or experimented on the CP3, just untrue, as we have constantly told him.”
McLaglin said, “The fact that a lower-level 22-year-old employee was able to identify the wrong spending and the subsequent violent response to protect this waking up, on the left side, the biased expenses by those on the left tell you what this program was actually being used,” McLaglin said.
Fugate said that he started with DHS on Seema and immigration before going to CP3. (Getty image)
For his young age and experience, Fugate said he started with DHS Limit and immigration When the policy underscore asked him to temporarily aid in CP3.
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Earlier, he made an internship at the Heritage Foundation before graduating from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a degree in politics and law last May.
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