and brad smith said, that's the right answer.tinue under the normal process and procedures. >> maurice: so you are thinking at that point... >> that we were squared away. >> maurice: squared away, until five days later, when musk posted, the d.o.g.e. team just discovered that fema sent $59 million last week to new york city to house illegal migrants, saying the agency violated the law. >> that really came as a surprise to me and my colleagues. >> maurice: did you document all of this? what happened? >> i did. >> maurice: but it didn't matter. the next morning, a colleague delivered the news: comans had been fired at the direction of the president. the official department of homeland security had put out a press release here. it says you were fired for circumventing leadership to unilaterally make egregious payments for luxury new york city hotels for migrants. >> that is not a true statement. i was fired illegally by the trump administration for doing my job. >> maurice: in that same press release, the agency called comans a deep

and brad smith said, that's the right answer. payments to state and local entities should continue under the normal process and procedures. >> you're thinking at that point -- >> that we were squared away. >> reporter: squared away until five days later when musk posted "the doge team just discovered that fema sent $59 million last week to new york city to house illegal migrants," saying the agency violated the law. >> that really came as a surprise to me and my colleagues. >> reporter: did you document all of this, what happened? >> i did. >> reporter: but it didn't matter. the next morning a colleague delivered the news -- comans had been fired at the direction of the president. the official department of homeland security had put out a press release here, it says, you were fired for circumventing leadership to unilaterally make egregious payments for luxury new york city hotels for migrants. >> that is not a true statement. i was fired illegally by the trump administration for doing my job. >> reporter: in that same press rele

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