in her first interview, mary comans told me her firing came after she alleges elon musk spread falsedered. i have been personally attacked. my family has been harassed. >> president trump denied me of my rights. >> maurice: for two decades, mary comans was an unknown bureaucrat at the department of homeland security, until one tuesday afternoon, when the world's richest man posted her photo on x to his 219 million followers, calling her actions criminal. >> i'm apolitical. i've served both republican and democrat presidents, with honor and integrity. >> maurice: most recently, as the chief financial officer for the disaster relief agency, fema. in early february, comans says one of elon musk's top lieutenants, brad smith, zeroed in on a program approved by congress to reimburse cities and states for housing undocumented migrants. >> he specifically asked, he said, have you paused payments to state and local entities? and my colleague who oversees the grants program responded, no. and brad smith said, that's the right answer. payments to state and local entities should continue under

in her first interview since she was let go, mary comans tells our maurice dubois her firing came after she alleges elon musk spread false claims about her work. >>> my name has been slandered. i've been personally attacked. my family has been harassed. >> president trump denied me of my rights -- >> reporter: for two decades, mary comans was an unknown bureaucrat at the department of homeland security until one tuesday afternoon when the world's richest man posted her photo on x to his 219 million followers, calling her actions criminal. >> i'm apolitical. i've served both republican and democrat presidents with honor and integrity. >> reporter: most recently as the chief financial officer for the disaster relief agency fema. in early february she said one of elon musk's top lieutenants, brad smith, zeroed in on a program approved by congress to reimburse cities and states for housing undocumented migrants. >> he specifically asked, he said, have you paused payments to state and local entities? and my colleague who oversees the grants program responded, no. and brad smith said, that's