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JUST IN: The nation's inspectors general have appointed GLENN FINE, the Pentagon's acting IG, to lead the group's coronavirus oversight efforts.
This is one of several oversight mechanisms built into the new law. They include:

-A committee of IGs (now led by Fine)
-A new special IG (to be nominated by Trump)
-Congressional review panel (to be appointed by House/Senate leaders)
NEW: Glenn Fine, the Pentagon's acting IG and former 11-year IG of the Justice Department, now has the broadest power to investigate the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus relief law.

politico.com/news/2020/03/3…
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GOP Sens. LANKFORD and PORTMAN criticize Trump's handling of inspectors general and urge him to stop relying on acting officials to fill the normally Senate-confirmed roles.
lankford.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
Their letter includes one line Trump has already rejected: "IGs are...required to keep Congress fully and currently informed about issues within the executive branch."

Trump made clear in his recent signing statement that he considers IG reports to Congress entirely up to him.
NEW: Trump’s attacks on federal watchdogs have galvanized an unusual coalition of Democrats, Republicans and IGs to rebuke him for undermining their independence. Story w/ @AndrewDesiderio

politico.com/news/2020/04/1…
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NEW: Treausry's inspector general told lawmakers that the department was right to withhold Trump's tax returns from the House because DOJ instructed it not to.

The report emphasizes that the IG has no opinion on whether DOJ's judgment was correct.
Notably, this comes as a string of judges have quesitoned the validity of DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel guidance, noting it doesn't have the force of law.

But the Treasury IG says Mnuchin decided he was legally bound to adhere to OLC.
Lawmakers have warned that this kind of reasoning ensures that if a president simply gets a compliant OLC to tailor opinions to their liking (and Trump certainly isn't the first), it will take months or years of litigation to overturn.
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None of the oversight mechanisms established in the $2 trillion coronavirus relief law are operational, even as hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars begin flowing — and lawmakers seek to layer on hundreds of billions more.

politico.com/news/2020/04/0…
We took a look at the areas where funds have begun moving or major logjams/problems have emerged without corresponding oversight to help monitor or help correct mismanagement.

The list is long and growing.

politico.com/news/2020/04/0…
Meanwhile:

-The 5-member congressional oversight commission has just 1 member and no chair.

-Trump's pandemic inspector general is controversial and awaiting Senate confirmation

-Trump sidelined the chair of the council of IGs meant to monitor the $2T.

politico.com/news/2020/04/0…
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