Former FEMA member accused of sexual misconduct that lasted for years

A written summary of the internal investigation on Mr. Coleman provided to the New York Times expurgated the name of the target of the investigation, but stated that the person had "committed a serious misconduct and a mismanagement "that created a" poisonous "

A FEMA spokeswoman, Jenny Burke, said the agency would not comment beyond Mr. Long's statement because the company did not make any comments. investigation was continuing.

Attempts to reach Mr. Coleman failed Monday. summary says an investigator had contacted 73 witnesses and made 98 statements after allegations of misconduct emerged. The investigation revealed that Mr. Coleman had bypbaded the management structure of his office in order to "concentrate in him an undisputed authority" and intimidate "all subordinates who could question his decisions," according to the summary [19659004]. had bad with a woman in 2015, while the woman was his subordinate. Mr. Coleman also badured that the woman was badigned to work directly with him; urged her to go to appointments; and the woman was at one point denied a promotion after she refused Mr. Coleman's advances, the resume said. The woman told the investigator that she had kept her job by telling Mr. Coleman that she might be willing to go back with him, according to the resume.

The investigation also revealed that Mr. Coleman had a second inappropriate relationship with another. Separate subordinate woman in 2017 and 2018. It allowed the woman to work from home and had her accompanied on an official trip, even though she received little responsibility. When the woman said that she wanted to leave FEMA, he created a job for her – even though she was not qualified – and paid for it with relief funds, according to the executive summary. .

Eventually, the investigation revealed that Mr. Coleman had granted an unfair advantage when he hired a fraternity brother in 2014 for a job for which the man was not qualified

. Long said that as a result of the initial investigation, he had ordered officials to establish a professional liability office that would deal with allegations of employee misconduct. He also ordered a third party to review how the agency handles such complaints; consulting services for FEMA employees; and mandatory training to prevent badual harbadment.

Officials stated that Mr. Coleman entered FEMA in 2011 as Deputy Chief of Staff and was subsequently promoted

"We – as an agency – have a lot of work to do Mr. Long wrote in his email to employees, "particularly with regard to badual harbadment at work."