Hawley Demands Answers

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A tense congressional hearing shows Senator Josh Hawley questioning a bald DHS official about agents allegedly being reassigned from fentanyl interdiction and child-exploitation investigations to make sandwiches and supervise migrants at the border. The official repeatedly avoids directly denying the accusation, turning the exchange into a frustrated, sarcastic reaction clip. EN: A tense congressional hearing shows Senator Josh Hawley questioning a bald DHS official about agents allegedly being reassigned from fentanyl interdiction and child-exploitation investigations to make sandwiches and supervise migrants at the border. The official repeatedly avoids directly denying the accusation, turning the exchange into a frustrated, sarcastic reaction clip.

Are there HSI special agents who are currently at the border having been pulled away from other cases? Combating the fight against fentanyl, yes How many agents are currently at the border having been pulled off of their other cases? To fight the scourge of fentanyl, I'd be very pleased to provide you with that data. That's not what the special agent is is alleging. That's not what she said She said that they're being taken off of fentanyl interdiction off of child exploitation cases off of their other investigations into criminals to make sandwiches. That's her quote. You're saying that this is a lie? That she's wrong? Senator, we have a number of law enforcement priorities with the resources we have. Is making sandwiches one of them? We have, of course not, Senator. We accomplish a tremendous amount because she wrong because of the tremendous talent and dedication of our personnel, including Homeland Security Investigation. Making sandwiches for illegal immigrants. Is she wrong? This is one of your agents. Is she wrong? She says that there are 600 at least special agents pulled off of other cases sent down to the border to babysit illegal immigrants. Is she wrong? Senator, our personnel, we use our personnel to achieve the maximum law enforcement objective possible. That is what we do. So you're not going to deny it. And I'm incredibly proud of what our people do every single day. This is news.

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