What's Up with the Feds Seizing PPE Shipments to States and Hospitals? (TPM)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/whats-up-with-the-feds-seizing-ppe-shipments-to-states-and-hospitalsBut what I’m more interested in are reports of federal authorities confiscating physical shipments en route to states, local governments or regional hospital systems. The most publicized case of this came at some point in March when, according to Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R), a shipment of 3 million masks ordered through BJ’s Wholesale was seized by federal authorities in the Port of New York. Baker did not say which agency confiscated the goods or under what authority. That incident was what led to the widely reported and successful effort to fly goods in from China using the New England Patriots jet.
Another case happened just yesterday when the top county official in Somerset County, New Jersey, Freeholder Director Shanel Robinson, announced that a shipment of 35,000 masks had been confiscated by federal officials. According to this report in the Franklin Reporter and Advocate, “As of early in the afternoon of April 3, Robinson said that the county was told the surgical face masks would be delivered that day, but that the federal government had taken the N-95 masks.”
It’s not entirely clear from the report. But this does not sound like the federal government outbid the county or forced it to sell but rather that the physical shipment was interdicted and seized by federal authorities. Robinson said that the vendor didn’t say which agency confiscated the shipment.
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Can't chalk this up to incompetence or poor communication. This is criminal, pure evil, and people will die as a result.
to give to his spawn to grift away to the highest bidder or favored Red states. It's simple, Jared and Trailer Trash Barbie, get a massive management fee paid to the Trump Empire plus a ludicrous mark up on the goods. The slip by Jared, describing the materials as "OUR Materials" (realistically "Trump Empire's materials"
was a true Freudian Slip on Jared's part.....
One thing is for sure, this entire Administration, the entire Republicon party, and the Trump Branded Financial Empire will go down in the record books as by far the largest grift ever, in the entire world.......
Another thing he can brag about in the future.......
WASF
