From HuffPost:
A week after Maine Gov. Janet Mills clashed publicly with President Donald Trump at the White House over transgender athletes in girls’ sports, Leland Dudek, the acting commissioner of Social Security, asked his staff about what contracts Maine had with the Social Security Administration.
The agency has vital records contracts with every state, allowing parents to request Social Security numbers for their newborns at the hospital and to verify deaths through an electronic system.
According to emails obtained by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Social Security staff informed Dudek that canceling the contracts “would result in improper payments and potential for identity theft.”
Dudek told his staff to go for it.
“Please cancel the contracts. While our improper payments will go up, and fraudsters may compromise identities, no money will go from the public trust to a petulant child,” Dudek wrote, referring to Mills. …
The real question is whether Dudek acted on his own initiative or whether he acted upon directions form the White House. My strong suspicion is that this came from the White House.
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Interesting reading https://www.justice.gov/jmd/misuse-position-and-government-resources. Fortunately for some, the Dept. of Justice currently wears a patch over her right eye.
We'll find out one way or another. Discovery in litigation is a lot more revealing than FOIA. Leland will have plenty to keep him busy for at least the next decade, whether he remains a Fed or not.
Petty - par for the course.
Calling Mills a "petulant child" haha. It's always projection with these bozos.
Leland Dudek handed out that order and should be held accountable. Lawyer up Leland!
Remember when this type of naked corruption tanked careers? Seems quaint now, don’t it?
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