“It was the predictable outcome of a breakdown in leadership, preparedness and command discipline. It was a failure of leadership above them.”Butler also criticized local officials for what he described as missed decision-making windows and altered after-action report findings. Ron Johnson and Rick Scott, who announced last year that they were launching a federal investigation into the Palisades fire. The governor’s office also argued that rebuilding has been slowed in part by the Trump administration’s failure to transmit additional federal disaster funding requested nearly a year ago. Her office did not immediately respond Thursday to a request for comment on the Senate hearing.