Trump Replaces Pentagon IG, Removing Him From Pandemic Relief Oversight Role

Trump Replaces Pentagon IG, Removing Him From Pandemic Relief Oversight Role
Glenn Fine, acting Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Defense, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 6, 2017. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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President Donald Trump replaced the inspector general for the Department of Defense (DOD) after he was named to lead a watchdog committee overseeing how the $2.2 trillion CCP virus relief package is being spent.

“Yesterday, the president nominated Mr. Jason Abend for the position of DOD Inspector General,” Dwrena Allen, spokeswoman at the DOD Office of the Inspector General, told media outlets in an email on April 7. “The same day, the president also designated Mr. Sean W. O’Donnell, who is the Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General (EPA IG), to serve as the Acting DOD IG in addition to his current duties at the EPA.”

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