Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf blamed local officials for not cooperating, and said criticism from two former DHS secretaries was unfounded.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown discusses federal officers leaving Thursday after weeks in Portland and the path forward to heal the city.
Tom Ridge, the country's first homeland security secretary, also criticized Wolf's move to intervene without consent from local authorities. "Put simply, DHS and DOJ officers -- law enforcement officers, civil law enforcement officers -- were abandoned due to the dangerous policies by local officials," Wolf said.
Chad Wolf, acting Secretary of Homeland Security, appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Aug. 6, 2020, in Washington D.C. to explain the use of federal agents during protests in Portland, Ore.Asked on Thursday whether recent protests were specifically coordinated between different cities, Wolf again drew a connection between protesters in Portland and anarchist movements without providing evidence of such coordination.
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