Alexei Woltornist, the former DHS assistant for Public Affairs under the Trump administration, called on Congress to investigate the Biden administration’s attempted “cover-up” of the border crisis. Woltornist accused Biden officials of intentionally lying about the true situation at the border to keep journalists away from detention facilities.

Fox News reports:

“When there’s a situation like this, usually the truth sets you free and the fact that there’s this media gag order tells everyone – the American public and the media themselves – that the facts on the ground are likely much worse than any of us know. And that’s the only reason they’re covering up and want media nowhere near any of these facilities…

At a minimum [the media gag order] comes from Secretary Mayorkas himself. I think this is a matter that Congress should investigate and find out what information he has that he’s not sharing and also explain why he’s making this decision…

And it could even go as high as President Biden himself. In a crisis like this you’re getting regular briefings, almost up-to-the-minute numbers and policy analysis, and we haven’t really been getting much information from the White House. And it just tells me that everything’s much worse than any of us know.”

Photos from the border depicting immigrants packed tightly together in small facilities were recently leaked by Democrat Congressman Henry Cuellar which has sparked a harsh backlash against the current administration. However, Biden’s press secretary, Jen Psaki continues to evade questions about the border crisis.