Chad Wolf to Become Secretary of Homeland Security
Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will nominate acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf to assume the same role on a permanent basis. Wolf has served as the acting head of DHS since November of last year. The department has been without a Senate-confirmed secretary since Kirstjen Nielsen resigned in April of 2019.
Wolf’s planned elevation to the permanent top spot at DHS comes days after a Congressional watchdog found that he had been illegally installed atop the department in an acting role. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found earlier this month that Wolf was invalidly appointed to the role of acting secretary, the result of an illegally altered line of succession. This also applied to the appointment of Ken Cuccinelli.
Wolf’s controversial appointment as Acting Secretary of DHS led to the deployment of federal officers to several cities, including Portland, Oregon, where he was famously welcomed with a barrage of criticism.
Trump’s official announcement is a direct result of the GAO’s findings.
After he had long ago exhausted his legal term as an 'Acting' administrator.
Now do Ken Cuccinelli.https://t.co/AWjhBkLghO
— Tom Shafer (@TomShafShafer) August 25, 2020