A disclosure that hundreds of members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia may have worked in the Homeland Security Department demands answers from the anti-terrorism agency, Rep. Ritchie Torres said Monday.
Torres, a New York Democrat, sent a letter to the department Monday afternoon asking its leadership to take “all appropriate measures” to ensure the agency does not employ violent far-right extremists, his office said.
The Project on Government Oversight, an independent watchdog, reported last month that more than 300 Oath Keepers listed in a leaked 2015 roster described themselves as active or former Homeland Security Department employees.
