Treasury Department confirms paper checks from the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package have already started going out.
ABC News chronicles the rising cases of coronavirus across the U.S. and how politicians, celebrities and the public reacted.coronavirusDepartment officials say Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin misspoke at a White House gaggle with reporters when he said the paper checks would start going out “next week.”to sign up for direct deposit to get their payment fast," said an agency spokesman.
“We did put the president's name on the check: that was my idea,"Mnuchin said on CNN's State of The Union."He is the president, and I think it's a terrific symbol to the American public.” Approximately 70 million Americans are expected to receive stimulus check bearing President Trump's name. The Treasury Department confirmed that some 80 million Americans have already received their stimulus checks via direct deposit, amid some initial reports of payments going to the wrong accounts.
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