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Arkansas Granny

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Tue Apr 7, 2020, 04:13 PM Apr 2020

Trump removes inspector general who was to oversee $2 trillion stimulus spending

President Trump has removed the chairman of the federal panel Congress created to oversee his administration's management of the $2?trillion stimulus package passed last month.

Glenn Fine, who had been the acting Pentagon inspector general, was informed Monday that he was being replaced by Sean W. O’Donnell, currently the inspector general at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Fine is a career official who had served as acting Pentagon inspector general for four years and three months. Before that he was inspector general at the Justice Department for 11 years.

The move, which was first reported by Politico, was criticized by some as another instance of the president chafing at independent oversight. On Friday, he notified Congress that he was removing Michael Atkinson as the inspector general of the intelligence community — a decision that Trump acknowledged was in response to Atkinson’s having alerted lawmakers to the existence of a whistleblower complaint about the president’s dealings with Ukraine. The matter ultimately led to Trump’s impeachment.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-removes-inspector-general-who-was-to-oversee-2-trillion-stimulus-spending/2020/04/07/2f0c6cb8-78ea-11ea-9bee-c5bf9d2e3288_story.html%3foutputType=amp

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Trump removes inspector general who was to oversee $2 trillion stimulus spending (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Apr 2020 OP
How about an IG who reports to Congress. C_U_L8R Apr 2020 #1
A congressional oversight committee in 3...2...1.... roamer65 Apr 2020 #2
K&R UTUSN Apr 2020 #3
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