Amid the COVID19 pandemic, Trump removed several watch dogs tasked with oversight of their respective departments. Most notably, the individual responsible for leading a committee to provide oversight for $2 trillion in coronavirus stimulus, Glenn Fine, was replaced on April 6, 2020. Fine was the Department of Defense’s principal deputy inspector general since June 2015.

Michael Atkinson was also fired after passing on a whistleblower complaint regarding the Ukrainian quid-pro-quo scandal, for which Trump was later impeached.

Others fired in the 6-week period included inspector generals for the Transportation Department, State Department, and Department of Health and Human Services.

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