The Marine veteran appointed by President Donald Trump to temporarily lead FEMA has been accused of going incommunicado when his agency needed him most.

FEMA’s acting administrator, David Richardson, could not be reached for about 24 hours after flash floods ripped through Texas on the Fourth of July, eight current and former officials from the administration told The Washington Post.

The radio silence hampered the agency’s response, the Post reported, as he allegedly was not available to approve the mass deployment of resources to the flood-stricken Hill Country north of San Antonio.

A policy imposed by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who oversees FEMA, requires her approval for any FEMA expense exceeding $100,000. With Richardson reportedly on vacation with his sons and alleg

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