Was about to post this. He WAS right. Puerto Rican officials were likely holding off on distributing the stuff in the warehouses until they received more federal funds and could pocket the difference.
Problem for them was that those additional funds never came due to accusations of corruption. And the corrupt officials were stuck with warehouses full of unused stuff that they would have had to explain their possession of had they gone ahead and distributed it.
Probably should be impeached for this too.