After Duffy denied it and demanded 50 billion, Mark Wayne Mullin admitted they caused it
Mullin's Conflicting Remarks. Appearing alongside Duffy, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin offered a slightly different assessment, suggesting that patching new technology into the existing framework had overwhelmed the older system. Mullin also stated earlier in the day that investigators were looking into whether the SMART tool played any role, though he did not specify which new technology he meant during the briefing.