Trump abruptly removes inspector general named to oversee $2T in stimulus spending

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Trump abruptly removes inspector general named to oversee $2T in stimulus spending
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Top congressional Democrats immediately charged that Pres. Trump's move was politically motivated.

Top congressional Democrats immediately charged Trump's move was politically motivated.

President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, April 6, 2020. “President Trump is abusing the coronavirus pandemic to eliminate honest and independent public servants because they are willing to speak truth to power and because he is so clearly afraid of strong oversight," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement.

"The president thinks he should be the 'one' and that is exactly upside down.... The president is sending in some of his loyalists. This is really a problem," she said. On Friday night, he nominated Brian Miller, a White House lawyer, to serve as the special inspector general to supervise the handling of stimulus funds by the Treasury Department, a move criticized by Democrats given the apolitical nature of the post.

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