Glenn Fine, who had been acting inspector general for the Defense Department, announced his resignation after a White House purge of inspectors general. Four of them have been fired or pushed aside in the last three months.
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon's former top watchdog resigned Tuesday one month after President Trump demoted him and prevented him from overseeing COVID-19 stimulus spending.
Fine's fellow inspectors general had selected him to chair the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, a body charged with overseeing the roughly $2 trillion stimulus deal. The committee chairman was given the power to issue subpoenas and investigate officials inside and out of government. Fine had been acting inspector general at the Pentagon since 2016. He previously served as inspector general for the Justice Department from 2000 to 2011.
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