During Kristi Noem’s tenure as Department of Homeland Security secretary, an obscure government contractor emerged as the “shadow administrator” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to a new report.
Kara Voorhies, a DHS contractor with no emergency management experience, exerted outsized control over FEMA's spending, scrutinizing every grant and directing staff to cancel those that she opposed, The Washington Post reported. She specifically targeted funds allocated towards Muslim groups; diversity, equity, and inclusion and climate change initiatives; and the state of California.
