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Trump Removes Independent Watchdog for $2 Trillion Coronavirus Bill From His Post

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The president removed Glenn Fine, the acting Pentagon watchdog, from his post and named an EPA inspector general as his acting replacement.

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President Trump has removed Glenn Fine—the acting inspector general for the Pentagon who was chosen by a panel of watchdogs to oversee the implementation of the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill—from his post and has named an EPA inspector general as his acting replacement, Politico reported on Tuesday. “Mr. Fine is no longer on the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee,” Dwrena Allen, spokesperson for the Pentagon inspector general’s office, told Politico

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