The Justice Department says lying under oath is part of the job

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On Sept. 29, a FEMA official swore in a deposition that she went to law school as “a night student” while working for the agency. Two weeks later, her school’s subpoenaed records showed day classes in fall 2018 and spring 2019 and a degree from its “day division.”

She ran FEMA’s Continuous Improvement Program in Puerto Rico, overseeing a $7 million Lean Six Sigma contract that could have shaved years off the Hurricane Maria recovery. She put law school first. The program collapsed.

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