Senators question Rodney Scott on social-media conduct, detainee transparency and rapid-DNA testing for trafficking

Senators on the Finance Committee used confirmation questioning of Rodney Scott to press him on personal conduct, transparency in CBP custody, and tools to combat trafficking.

Social media and conduct: Sen. Ron Wyden and others raised Scott’s past membership in a private Facebook group where racist and sexually explicit material circulated. Wyden asked whether it was appropriate for a senior official to be a member of that group. Scott said he was a member, that the group had some 9,000 members and that a small number of people had posted inappropriate material. He said many members did not see the posts, that the group was investigated, and that some individuals were disciplined or fired. On a separate matter, Wyden cited a 2021 tweet from Scott aimed at a critic; Wyden said a…