CargoAdmin, Bureaucrats, Moderators (CommentStreams), fileuploaders, Interface administrators, newuser, Push subscription managers, Suppressors, Administrators
14,662
edits
United States Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery: Difference between revisions
United States Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (view source)
Revision as of 23:59, 21 December 2024
, 21 December 2024Text replacement - "The New York Times" to "The New York Times"
No edit summary |
m (Text replacement - "The New York Times" to "The New York Times") |
||
| Line 57: | Line 57: | ||
On 3 April 2020, President Trump indicated that he would nominate [[Brian D. Miller (attorney)|Brian D. Miller]] to be the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery. At the time, Miller was a special assistant to Trump and senior associate counsel in the [[Office of White House Counsel]]. This raised concerns about his ability to be apolitical; a former [[Assistant United States Attorney|assistant U.S. attorney]] opined, "It’s antithetical to oversight to have someone with a tight connection to the White House. It seems weird to have a White House lawyer play this role."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stein |first1=Jeff |title=Trump announces intent to nominate White House lawyer Brian Miller as inspector general for $2 trillion coronavirus law |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/03/trump-coronavirus-inspector-general-brian-miller/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=8 April 2020 |language=en |date=3 April 2020}}</ref> The selection was praised by the [[Project on Government Oversight]], among others, but criticized by Democrats, who noted that Miller, as part of the White House Counsel, defended President Trump during [[First impeachment of Donald Trump|his first impeachment]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Werner |first1=Erica |title=Trump's choice for coronavirus inspector general wins praise from some oversight experts as Democrats slam pick |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/04/04/brian-miller-trump-coronavirus-inspector-general/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=8 April 2020 |language=en |date=4 April 2020}}</ref> Senate Democratic Leader [[Chuck Schumer]] released a statement on April 4 saying that "a member of the president’s own staff is exactly the wrong type of person to choose for this position."<ref>{{cite web|title=Schumer Statement on Nomination of Brian Miller to be Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery {{!}} Senate Democratic Leadership|url=https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-statement-on-nomination-of-brian-miller-to-be-special-inspector-general-for-pandemic-recovery|last=Schumer|first=Chuck|date=4 April 2020|website=www.democrats.senate.gov|language=en|access-date=2020-05-02}}</ref> | On 3 April 2020, President Trump indicated that he would nominate [[Brian D. Miller (attorney)|Brian D. Miller]] to be the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery. At the time, Miller was a special assistant to Trump and senior associate counsel in the [[Office of White House Counsel]]. This raised concerns about his ability to be apolitical; a former [[Assistant United States Attorney|assistant U.S. attorney]] opined, "It’s antithetical to oversight to have someone with a tight connection to the White House. It seems weird to have a White House lawyer play this role."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stein |first1=Jeff |title=Trump announces intent to nominate White House lawyer Brian Miller as inspector general for $2 trillion coronavirus law |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/03/trump-coronavirus-inspector-general-brian-miller/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=8 April 2020 |language=en |date=3 April 2020}}</ref> The selection was praised by the [[Project on Government Oversight]], among others, but criticized by Democrats, who noted that Miller, as part of the White House Counsel, defended President Trump during [[First impeachment of Donald Trump|his first impeachment]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Werner |first1=Erica |title=Trump's choice for coronavirus inspector general wins praise from some oversight experts as Democrats slam pick |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/04/04/brian-miller-trump-coronavirus-inspector-general/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=8 April 2020 |language=en |date=4 April 2020}}</ref> Senate Democratic Leader [[Chuck Schumer]] released a statement on April 4 saying that "a member of the president’s own staff is exactly the wrong type of person to choose for this position."<ref>{{cite web|title=Schumer Statement on Nomination of Brian Miller to be Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery {{!}} Senate Democratic Leadership|url=https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-statement-on-nomination-of-brian-miller-to-be-special-inspector-general-for-pandemic-recovery|last=Schumer|first=Chuck|date=4 April 2020|website=www.democrats.senate.gov|language=en|access-date=2020-05-02}}</ref> | ||
Miller was formally nominated by the Trump administration on 6 April 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rappeport |first1=Alan |title=Trump's Inspector General Has Expressed Dim Views of Congressional Oversight |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/politics/trump-inspector-general-brian-miller-virus.html |website= | Miller was formally nominated by the Trump administration on 6 April 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rappeport |first1=Alan |title=Trump's Inspector General Has Expressed Dim Views of Congressional Oversight |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/politics/trump-inspector-general-brian-miller-virus.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=8 April 2020 |date=7 April 2020}}</ref> The [[United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs|U.S. Senate Banking Committee]] held his confirmation hearing on May 5<ref>{{cite web|title=Stage Set for Trump White House Lawyer Brian Miller's Confirmation for Coronavirus Watchdog|url=https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2020/04/29/stage-set-for-trump-white-house-lawyer-brian-millers-confirmation-for-coronavirus-watchdog/|last=Barber|first=C. Ryan|date=29 April 2020|website=National Law Journal|language=en|access-date=2020-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Coronavirus watchdog nominee pledges he won't seek Trump's permission to talk to Congress|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/05/trump-watchdog-hearing-237381|last1=Cheney|first1=Kyle|last2=Warmbrodt|first2=Zachary|date=5 May 2020|website=[[Politico]]|language=en|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref> and voted on May 12 to advance his nomination to the full Senate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump nominee for pandemic relief watchdog advanced by banking panel|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/12/trump-coronavirus-relief-watchdog-senate-banking-pane-251953|last=O'Donnell|first=Katy|date=12 May 2020|website=[[Politico]]|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref> The Senate confirmed him on June 2.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rappeport|first=Alan|date=2020-06-02|title=Senate Confirms Inspector General to Oversee Virus Bailout Funds|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/us/politics/virus-bailout-inspector-general.html|access-date=2020-09-23|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||