House Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) wrote to the Trump administration Monday requesting information on British politician Nigel Farage's trip to the U.S. for President Trump's Oklahoma rally over the weekend.
Why it matters: The administration imposed a ban on most people traveling to the U.S. from countries including the U.K. during the coronavirus pandemic. Thompson said in his letter to Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf that the U.K. Brexit Party leader's visit "raises numerous troubling questions." He wants to know why the Department of Homeland Security deemed his trip in the "national interest."
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Chairman @BennieGThompson sent a letter to @DHSgov on the Trump Administration’s decision to wave the travel ban for Nigel Farage to travel here to attend the Trump Rally over the weekend. pic.twitter.com/E664FXQhpk
— House Homeland Security Committee (@HomelandDems) June 22, 2020
- Axios has contacted the Trump administration and Farage's representatives for comment.
