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Home Front: Politix
Trump removes Obama-era IG from Covid-19 relief watchdog panel as Dems cry corruption
2020-04-08
[RT] US President Donald Trump has dismissed the Pentagon's inspector general from the top watchdog role over the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill. Opinions were split on whether it was "cleaning house" or "blatant corruption."
How someone will vote in November can be predicted by which way they fall on this question, with 100% surety.
The president removed Glenn Fine as the Pentagon's Inspector General, by extension booting him from the top oversight post on the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, on Monday. The committee, created to oversee the administration of the $2 trillion aid package signed into law last month, is made up of inspector generals who, in turn, had appointed Fine to lead them.

Fine, a holdover from the Obama administration, is the second inspector general to be shown the door in a week. The president fired Michael Atkinson, the Inspector General for the Intelligence Community who handled the whistleblower complaint that led to Trump’s impeachment, on Friday, noting in a letter to the heads of the Senate Intelligence Committee that it was "vital" that the president have the "fullest confidence" in the IG serving in that position. Post-impeachment ‐ a shambolic procedure that almost certainly impeded the administration's timely response to the coronavirus epidemic ‐ "that is no longer the case," Trump concluded, defending the decision on Saturday by referring to the now-unemployed watchdog as a "disgrace."

Politico and others have speculated Health and Human Services IG Christi Grimm is next on the chopping block, after Trump called her office's report criticizing testing delays and "severe" hospital supply shortages "another Fake Dossier," and highlighted her history with the Obama administration; specifically the "failed H1N1 Swine Flu debacle where 17,000 people died."
Interestingly enough, RT was the only major "news" outlet that reported his Barry Bin Obama ties
The media is already circling the wagons around Christi Grimm ‐ which tells you everything.
Russia is just happy to stir the pot at this point. Not that they have to do anything, when our Progressives are doing just fine all by themselves.
Posted by:Woodrow

#6  Regarding comment #2: I got invited to a two week fly fishing trip on the Amazon by my CEO. I was in the middle of implementing critical new tech into a manufacturing facility, and so I (politely) declined. I got fired a few days later, but it was a relief as two others had died in the saddle on the same job. Always kind of wanted to fish on the Amazon.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2020-04-08 11:39  

#5  With apologies to ZF, our resident poet:

Maybe I'm just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like
When Dems cry.
Posted by: Raj   2020-04-08 09:51  

#4  If it gives Mattis a tummy ache I'm all in favor of it.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-04-08 09:26  

#3  How someone will vote in November can be predicted by which way they fall on this question, with 100% surety.

Best case for them: Their only choice is Biden's pick for VP.
Posted by: gorb   2020-04-08 04:25  

#2  If it's alright with everyone else, I'd rather not hear from retired general officer, former administration political appointees.

A Canadian moose hunting expedition, or Florida fishing trip being possible exceptions.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-04-08 01:42  

#1  This IG did not inspect shit. Serious malfeasance occurred under his non watch. I don't care what Mattis says.
Just like the other IG
Posted by: newc   2020-04-08 01:29  

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