Trump approves emergency declaration in DC
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President Donald J. Trump Approves District of Columbia Emergency Declaration
Issued Jan. 11, 2021
Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the District of Columbia and ordered Federal assistance to supplement the District’s response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the 59th Presidential Inauguration from January 11 to January 24, 2021.
The President’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the District of Columbia.
Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency. Emergency protective measures, limited to direct Federal assistance, will be provided at 100 percent Federal funding.
Pete Gaynor, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, named Thomas J. Fargione as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected area.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION MEDIA SHOULD CONTACT THE FEMA NEWS DESK AT (202) 646-3272 OR [email protected].
Either there is some legal reason why Trump would declare a state of emergency for DC that has to do with using the military which I don't know about (because I'm not a lawyer), or this is just grand-standing by the deep state to try and suggest the staged event on the 6th at the capitol building was a "disaster".
Wasn't there an EO not too long ago about FEMA being allowed funds in certain situations or something
The STORM act...
Why not both? It would play right into our hands, and would be a very Trumpian move.
"emergency conditions resulting from the 59th Presidential Inauguration from January 11 to January 24, 2021." This sounds like the inauguration has already occurred. Odd choice of words. Or is it?