NEWS: President Trump has upended the federal panel overseeing the $2 trillion coronavirus law -- removing the Pentagon inspector general who was supposed to oversee it and naming a new acting replacement.— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 7, 2020
Story w @connorobrienNH coming.
Couldn't see that one coming, huh?
The Atkinson firing was one of a string of moves the president made to change IGs in various posts, and to install a WH counsel’s office aide as IG overseeing the $2 trill coronavirus relief package. https://t.co/9uhfL8cJBN— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 4, 2020
Although it might not work out that the aide can take the position:
It will fall to other inspectors general, particularl DOJ watchdog Michael Horowitz, to name a new coronavirus law watchdog.— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 7, 2020
The law charges the panel of IGs Horowitz leads with picking the head of the new coronavirus panel.
FINE will revert to his position as principal deputy IG of DOD, according to the Pentagon. But he's ineligible to lead the coronavirus effort because it requires a current IG. https://t.co/G2NipXmSGE— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 7, 2020
At least Hamlet could get at the root of the problem.
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