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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations that local officials in Puerto Rico have withheld federal emergency supplies in the wake of Hurricane Maria, The Daily Caller News Foundation reports.
"People call us and tell us some misappropriation of some goods and supplies by supposedly politicians, not necessarily mayors, but people that work for the mayors in certain towns," FBI Special Agent Carlos Osorio told the Daily Caller.
"They're supposedly withholding these goods and these supplies and instead of handing them out to people who really need them, [there are claims] that [local officials] are assigning them to their buddies first, people that have voted for them or people that contributed to their campaigns or what not."
Osorio added that the FBI is "looking into these allegations," but that he "cannot say that we have any ongoing investigation. We're just corroborating these allegations."
The allegations claim that local officials simply wait for federal officers to leave after they bring supplies to town centers before handing out the relief to their friends and political allies.
"We'll distribute the [goods and supplies] because we have to follow certain protocols, and that's what [local officials] said they were doing, when they were waiting for federal officials to leave, and the allegations are they are handing [relief] out through back doors and stuff like that to their buddies," Osorio said.
Daily Caller: FBI Probing Reports of Officials in PR Hoarding Supplies
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Ok .... just HOW is this Trump's fault??
"People call us and tell us some misappropriation of some goods and supplies by supposedly politicians, not necessarily mayors, but people that work for the mayors in certain towns," FBI Special Agent Carlos Osorio told the Daily Caller.
"They're supposedly withholding these goods and these supplies and instead of handing them out to people who really need them, [there are claims] that [local officials] are assigning them to their buddies first, people that have voted for them or people that contributed to their campaigns or what not."
Osorio added that the FBI is "looking into these allegations," but that he "cannot say that we have any ongoing investigation. We're just corroborating these allegations."
The allegations claim that local officials simply wait for federal officers to leave after they bring supplies to town centers before handing out the relief to their friends and political allies.
"We'll distribute the [goods and supplies] because we have to follow certain protocols, and that's what [local officials] said they were doing, when they were waiting for federal officials to leave, and the allegations are they are handing [relief] out through back doors and stuff like that to their buddies," Osorio said.
Daily Caller: FBI Probing Reports of Officials in PR Hoarding Supplies
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Ok .... just HOW is this Trump's fault??
