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Thu Jun 5, 2025, 05:40 PM Jun 5

22-Year-Old Leading Terrorism Prevention Center at DHS

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Source: The Daily Beast

The inexperienced 22-year-old reportedly tasked by Donald Trump with tackling U.S. extremism was working as a neighborhood gardener just five years ago and in a grocery store as recently as August 2023, the Daily Beast can reveal.
Thomas Fugate, who graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio just 12 months ago, is currently heading up the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships at the DHS, as first reported by ProPublica Tuesday



Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/22-year-old-leading-terrorism-prevention-center-at-dhs-report/



The inexperienced and unqualified appointments continue under Trump.
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