Trump delayed $20bn in aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, report finds
by Coral Murphy Marcos in San Juan from on (#5GY56)
Funding was unnecessarily delayed' by bureaucratic obstacles, after hurricane killed thousands of people in 2017
The Trump administration delayed more than $20bn in hurricane relief aid for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, according to a report by the housing department's office of the inspector General.
The efforts to deliver recovery funding to the island were unnecessarily delayed by bureaucratic obstacles", according to the 46-page report. The hurricane, which hit the island in 2017, killed thousands of people and left thousands more without electricity or water for months.
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