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Trump removes watchdog tapped for $2T virus rescue oversight

by Associated Press
| April 7, 2020 11:27 AM

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.

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