Former Trump FEMA chief repaid taxpayers only 2 percent of $151k spent on personal travel

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Yet another Trump official misused resources for government travel

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Former Trump FEMA chief repaid taxpayers only 2 percent of $151k spent on personal travel
By DANIEL LIPPMAN and IAN KULLGREN 06/26/2019 02:21 PM EDT

Former FEMA Administrator Brock Long returned to the government only a tiny fraction of the costs he incurred for unauthorized use of vehicles while in office, according to previously undisclosed documents provided to POLITICO.

A Homeland Security Department inspector general probe last year found that Long spent $151,000 using government-funded Chevrolet Suburbans for routine weekend travel to his home in North Carolina. After POLITICO broke the story of the investigation in September, Long was forced to reimburse the expenses, which he agreed to do.

But a copy of Long’s personal check, obtained by the watchdog group American Oversight through a public records request, shows that the former administrator paid back only $2,716 — less than 2 percent of the total cost billed to taxpayers.

That’s because then-Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who oversaw FEMA, did not require Long to reimburse the government fully for his misuse of an expensive program.
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Brock Long is a frequent flyer at DU.

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1. I hope we're charging interest