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Ex-FEMA Officials Arrested for Allegedly Taking Bribes in Aftermath of Hurricane Maria
Law and Crime ^ | 9/19/2019 | Jeffrey Lambe

Posted on 01/20/2020 12:49:57 PM PST by Titus-Maximus

Two former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials have been arrested and charged with federal fraud and bribery in connection with their work in Puerto Rico following the devastating destruction caused by Hurricane Maria.

The wide scale federal corruption investigation found that former FEMA deputy administrator Ahsha Tribble took multiple bribes from Donald Keith Ellison, the former president of Cobra Energy, a company that received federal contracts to repair Puerto Rico’s electrical grid worth approximately $1.8 billion, according to the indictment. The second FEMA official, Jovanda Patterson, was formerly employed by the agency as Tribble’s deputy chief of staff before taking a job with Cobra Acquisitions.

(Excerpt) Read more at lawandcrime.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: 2outof3aintbad; ahshatribble; cobraenergy; donaldkeithellison; fema; jovandapatterson; puertorico
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Obama FEMA official charged in bribery scam on Puerto Rico. This story unsurprisingly never got any play. A little dated but made newsworthy on the new findings of warehouses full of unused disaster relief in Puerto Rico. A lot of bad corrupt management that they are trying to pin on Trump, but clearly belongs to others.
1 posted on 01/20/2020 12:49:57 PM PST by Titus-Maximus
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To: Titus-Maximus

Better late than never...

Donald Keith &
Jovanda

I just betcha


2 posted on 01/20/2020 12:56:53 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: Titus-Maximus

Their defence: “it never was a problem before Trump to get a little ‘commission’. How were we to know things had changed???”


3 posted on 01/20/2020 12:59:41 PM PST by Oscar in Batangas (January 20, 2017, High Noon. The end of an error.)
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To: Bell Bouy II
I just betcha

I just betcha they are Obama supporters.

4 posted on 01/20/2020 1:01:37 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: Titus-Maximus

They were Trump fema officials after hurricane Maria 2017
Cant blame obama for this


5 posted on 01/20/2020 1:05:13 PM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: vetvetdoug

that and other things

I know retirees that signed on with FEMA years ago and hammer down 30 plus an hour plus per diem when deployed(they do squat at that time)
No reason to take any bribes..Lock their sorry asses up


6 posted on 01/20/2020 1:05:39 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: Bell Bouy II

No need to look, you betcha.


7 posted on 01/20/2020 1:09:06 PM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: silverleaf

doesnt matter who the Pres was when they worked their or when they were hired.
I blame their cultural background


8 posted on 01/20/2020 1:10:14 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: Titus-Maximus

An Obama affirmative action hire - easily manipulated, controlled and left out on a limb.

https://www.fema.gov/ahsha-tribble


9 posted on 01/20/2020 1:11:33 PM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: Bell Bouy II

Ahsha & Jovanda

Just reread the piece, now I will confirm 100% with out looking they were Obama kin


10 posted on 01/20/2020 1:13:57 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: Bell Bouy II

A name+image search confirms.


11 posted on 01/20/2020 1:14:31 PM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: Blueflag

HA HA HA.Who ah thunk

Lets see the next profile of that stellar Government Employee


12 posted on 01/20/2020 1:15:08 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: Blueflag

Goot work


13 posted on 01/20/2020 1:15:29 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: Titus-Maximus

14 posted on 01/20/2020 1:16:58 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: Blueflag

Good pull her pension send her back to the hood


15 posted on 01/20/2020 1:17:27 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: silverleaf

Obama made many previously political appointments at FEMA and other places, converted them to civil service jobs, permanent employees and infested the entire government. Val Jar.................


16 posted on 01/20/2020 1:19:09 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: silverleaf

Obama’s Influence Could Continue After His Term Through His Political Appointees:

https://www.dailysignal.com/2016/08/03/how-obamas-influence-could-continue-after-his-term-through-his-political-appointees/


17 posted on 01/20/2020 1:21:16 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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The wide scale federal corruption investigation found that former FEMA deputy administrator Ahsha Tribble took multiple bribes from Donald Keith Ellison...

The Trouble with Tribbles.


18 posted on 01/20/2020 1:32:48 PM PST by Flick Lives (MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
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To: silverleaf
They were Trump fema officials after hurricane Maria 2017 Cant blame obama for this

TRibble went to FEMA Aug 2015: OBAMA

19 posted on 01/20/2020 1:32:59 PM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: Lion Den Dan

This bribery occurred after hurricane Maria 2017
Trumps watch

His admin has done a very poor job of vetting and purging


20 posted on 01/20/2020 1:36:33 PM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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