Andrew KimmelVerified account

He promoted a nationwide screening website & widespread network of drive-through testing sites. Neither materialized. He claims he helped narrow the rift b/t Trump & GM in a presidential blowup over ventilator production, but the WH is still struggling to procure the devices.

In recent days, FEMA, which traditionally coordinates the gov’ts responses to disasters, has received surprise directives from the WH, including to dispatch deliveries of medi equipment to states that hadn’t even submitted formal requests based on which Gov got Trump on the phone

After the Govs of IL & NJ called Trump last month, Kushner’s team told FEMA to immediately deliver medi equipment to both states even though the career officials were concerned that would redirect valuable medical necessities away from where they were most needed, such as WA.

Agency officials had to call the states’ emergency managers to ask them to submit formal requests for supplies the White House had already promised. FEMA officials have grown increasingly frustrated with Mr. Kushner’s hands-on approach.

“There is...comms failure b/t FEMA & the WH,” said Rep Bennie Thompson, Chm of the Homeland Security Cmte. “FEMA was...to provide lgx support & the WH should let them do their work. There is no reason for Jared or any other inexperienced person to be getting in the way of that.”