States smuggle COVID-19 medical supplies to avoid federal seizures as House probes Jared Kushner

[deminks]

https://www.salon.com/2020/04/21/states-smuggle-covid-19-medical-supplies-to-avoid-federal-seizures-as-house-probes-jared-kushner/

States have been forced to resort to smuggling shipments of personal protective equipment (PPE) after federal officials seized supplies ordered by hospitals without informing officials.

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The seizures had already come under scrutiny from two other House committees after The New York Times reported that Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner had "surprised" FEMA officials by redirecting supplies. Kushner himself said during a White House coronavirus briefing that he had supplies delivered to New York after Trump got a call "from his friends" about the conditions in the city's hospitals.

Though the FEMA operation is overseen by Gaynor and Navy Rear Adm. John Plowczyk, the logistics chief for the Joint Chief of Staff, Kushner has lead a so-called "shadow" task force staffed with former start-up entrepreneurs, according to The Times. The group has clashed with senior officials, one of whom described the team as a "frat party" that "descended from a UFO and invaded the federal government."

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The lawmakers were "troubled" that Kushner may be "circumventing protocols that ensure all states' requests are handled appropriately," they wrote. "We are particularly troubled that Mr. Kushner's work may even involve 'directing FEMA and HHS officials to prioritize specific requests from people who are able to get Kushner on the phone.'"

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This is not failure. This is deliberate.

[gordianot]

1. They are doing this broad day light.

Kushner just looks like a sneak thief.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. When I told people 3 yrs ago, 8 yrs ago that republicans want us DEAD

nobody listened

too late now

Dead or gone, one or the other...this is thrilling to them.

[sheshe2]

3. Of course it is deliberate.

[iluvtennis]

11. + 1 nt.

[liberalla]

4. It's ridiculous that states have to do this, but I'm glad they are getting the supplies.

Hopefully when it all shakes out, the Kushner Klan (friends and family) will be held responsible.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. I really don't know what it sounds like

Does this have any of the earmarks of a Prohibition-era muscle-job on bootleg booze? We know so little, is somebody trying to monopolize an industry - healthcare supplies and tests - for profit? Lot of money to be made in black markets, government permitting and control, distribution and sourcing. Just sayin'. I have no idea.

[riversedge]

6. Kushner does this at Trumps direction.. Both need to be put out to pasture.

[Ford_Prefect]

10. ...preferably under a tall tree...

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. ... and short rope.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

7. I think it's leverage for them.

They hope to apply “supply sanctions” later, trying to get the states to comply with whatever idiocy they recommend like totally opening up their businesses.

It’s SICK regardless of the motive, though!

[ffr]

8. Prison will be too good for this crime family.

That goes for the cult followers as well.

[bronxiteforever]

9. Kick and recommend for visibility

[Midnight Writer]

12. No point probing Kushner. Like a Ken Doll, he has no orifice.

[lastlib]

13. He doesn't need an orifice--he's pure asshole.

I was hoping they'd probe him with a saguaro cactus.

[lastlib]

14. Jared's name henceforth needs to be "Jared:" (with a colon at the end)---

because the colon is alwys connected to an asshole.

[dlk]

15. Trump's pirates...

[2naSalit]

16. Been on to the stink on

that shit from day one. Soon as he shows up, it's like tattletale gray.

[Blue Owl]

18. Squishner is the leaky, dripping turd in Donny's Diaper

n/t