#Oversight ap gov series#

вЂњPresident 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,вЂќ Schumer said in a statement.

вЂ“ Businesses wait for word, money after applying for SBA loans.

вЂ“ Asian shares mostly lower on worries about pandemic damage.

вЂ“ Twitter's Dorsey sets up $1B fund consumers get some breaks.

TrumpвЂ™s latest move threatens to upend the rigorous oversight that Democrats in Congress demanded for the huge sums of money being pumped into the American economy because of the virus. Now itвЂ™s unclear who will oversee the rescue law.

On Tuesday, Trump removed Glenn Fine, the acting Defense Department inspector general and a veteran watchdog who had been selected by peers last month to oversee the economic aid package. On Friday, Trump fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the intelligence community, and on Monday assailed a health and human services official who criticized the administrationвЂ™s response to the coronavirus crisis. вЂњWeвЂ™re seeing since Friday a wrecking ball across the IG community,вЂі said Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project on Government Oversight, a watchdog group. In the past four days, Trump has fired one inspector general tied to his impeachment, castigated another he felt was overly critical of the coronavirus response and sidelined a third meant to safeguard against wasteful spending of funds for businesses in economic distress.

#Oversight ap gov series#

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has removed the inspector general tapped to chair a special oversight board for the $2.2 trillion economic relief package on the coronavirus, the latest in a series of steps Trump has taken to confront government watchdogs tasked with oversight of the executive branch.