Overview

• Thomas Fugate holds the title of Special Assistant at DHS’s Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships and has no decision-making authority over the office’s operations.
• Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin says reports of Fugate directing CP3 are untrue and describes him as a low-level staffer.
• The CP3 grants office was cut by $18.5 million this month and now functions with a significantly reduced staff.
• Security experts and Senator Chris Murphy raised concerns about Fugate’s youth and lack of counterterrorism experience.
• Former CP3 director Bill Braniff and DHS officials defend the grant-based prevention model as essential to averting targeted violence.