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madville

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5. Was a federal employee for decades

Reply to ananda (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:11 PM

Aug 2025

Rented hundreds of cars and trucks with my federal government travel card, none ever required that we tell them specifically what we were going to do with the vehicle. Most of the time in later years we just booked them online.

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Penske Calls Out DHS for Using Its Rental Trucks During Immigration Raids in LA: We 'Did Not Authorize This' [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 OP

Maybe the Penske customer service agents who rented the trucks out to DHS (they had to know)... wcmagumba Aug 2025 #1

'DHS agents wearing vests can be seen packed into the back of a rental truck.' riversedge Aug 2025 #2

Sounds like CYA to me. ananda Aug 2025 #3

Was a federal employee for decades madville Aug 2025 #5

So it's actually possible that nobody in the company knew? ananda Aug 2025 #6

They probably don't ask official government agencies as big as the DHS Polybius Aug 2025 #8

So that means they're deliberately turning a blind eye since... ananda Aug 2025 #9

Or they rented them using personal credit cards... SickOfTheOnePct Aug 2025 #13

I've rented numerous trucks over the years... SickOfTheOnePct Aug 2025 #12

I have used UHaul several times Jose Garcia Aug 2025 #15

I work in an industry that sometimes we have to rent trucks. kimbutgar Aug 2025 #4

Penske is also following DOT regulations while moniss Aug 2025 #7

Yes. So this means that the government can engage in... ananda Aug 2025 #16

Yes and while they make regulations about moniss Aug 2025 #17

Oh please BaronChocula Aug 2025 #10

Isn't using the cargo area for transporting passengers highly illegal ? Couldn't Highway Patrol pull them over ? nt eppur_se_muova Aug 2025 #11

How would the highway patrol know... SickOfTheOnePct Aug 2025 #14

I bet it's not enough of an issue to pull their GSA contract... EarthFirst Aug 2025 #18