Homeland Security acting chief Chad Wolf, deputy Cuccinelli were wrongly appointed, watchdog says

WASHINGTON – The top two officials in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security were improperly appointed to the posts under federal law by the Trump administration, a nonpartisan congressional watchdog said Friday.

The Government Accountability Office says acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf and his acting deputy, Ken Cuccinelli, are ineligible to run the agency under a federal law known as the Vacancy Reform Act. GAO said it has asked the DHS inspector general to review the situation and determine if the violation affects decisions they have taken at a time when the Department of Homeland Security has been at the forefront of key administration initiatives on immigration and law enforcement.

Both men should resign, according to Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security and Rep. Carolyn Maloney of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.“GAO’s damning opinion paints a disturbing picture of the Trump Administration playing fast and loose by bypassing the Senate confirmation process to install ideologues,” the two Democrats said in a joint statement.

McAleenan altered the rules of succession after he was subsequently removed but GAO’s legal analysis concluded that the later appointments of Wolf and Cuccinelli were invalid.

Wrongly or criminally appointed ?

Yet, they remain in office, Illegally. Where's the rule of law?

But doesn't say how...no details.

AdWestermann So what? They are all criminals. Nothing will be done. The only hope is that because Wolf is an illegal doing an illegal job, people can sue him, personally, for all injuries and damage and bankrupt him.

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Of course they were, the one that appointed them doesn’t have the qualifications either! And like Trump, they HAVE TO BE terrific bullchiters, narcissists, corrupt, lying, douchbags.

Shocker. Democrats in the House want member of President Trump's staff to resign. Those old coot House members need to retire.

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Figures

Of course they were

This is meaningless. The autocrat Trump will just laugh at it.

Quit paying them, see how long they stay.

But it doesn't matter...they did what they were supposed to do....consequences don't change what has already happened: people beaten, arrested, pepper-sprayed, tormented, shot...where was congress when this was happening? They knew these people weren't legally appointed.

Yeah this doesn’t surprise me one bit

I don't know, I kind of trust a guy who looks like he showed up at a Congressional hearing after staying awake for the last 72 hours.

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