Trump removes independent Pentagon watchdog overseeing coronavirus funds
Donald Trump has removed the head of a government oversight panel overseeing his administration's implementation of a $2.2trn coronavirus emergency spending package.
Glenn Fine, who was the Pentagon's acting inspector general was leading the oversight panel. "Mr Fine is no longer on the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee," Dwrena Allen, a spokesperson for the Pentagon inspector general's office, said in a statement, according to POLITICO.
Mr Trump reportedly has replaced Mr Fine at the Pentagon, where he was the acting inspector general with another acting IG, this one from the Environment Protection Agency. The president has shown time and again how adverse he is to criticism and outside oversight of his presidency.
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