Trump administration accused of 'seizing' 50,000 N95 respirators intended for medical workers

[getagrip_already]

25. source? that would be blatantly illegal on so many levels......

Even if we acknowledge the feds have a right to control distribution of a critical asset, selling them through straw companies to other countries doesn't fit the nature of a national emergency.

I've heard they are turning them over to private companies in some cases. But if they aren't being sent to us locations, the whole rationale is broken and illegal.

They are taking powers meant to protect americans by shepherding a rare resource to it's best uses and perverting it for private gain.

Look, if a company is price gouging and has a warehouse full of badly needed supplies, sure, seize them and send them along. But that doesn't mean stealing from us hospitals to sell to foreign agents for a personal profit. That is stealing from the poor to give to the rich.

A lot of federal appointees are going to be surprised that a lot of what they are doing is illegal and can be prosecuted by a doj that does its job..