Common Cause 회장 Karen Hobert Flynn의 성명

우리는 국민에게 책임감 있고 투명한 정부를 마땅히 누려야 합니다. 하지만 트럼프 대통령은 또다시 법 위에 군림하고 있습니다. 트럼프 대통령이 코로나바이러스 지원금에 대한 감독을 담당하는 독립 감찰관 위원회 위원장인 글렌 파인을 해임한 것은 부패한 권력 장악입니다. 강력한 감독이 없다면 국민은 자신이 힘들게 번 돈이 특수 이익단체가 아닌 국민을 위해 쓰인다는 확신을 가질 수 없을 것입니다. 

It should be noted that Fine served honorably in the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations before serving President Trump and had been appointed a week ago by an independent council of inspectors general to lead the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee.

This move comes just days after President Trump installed Brian Miller, a Trump loyalist, as the inspector general overseeing the Treasury Department’s implementation of the $2 trillion CARES stimulus package. President Trump has also announced he plans to ignore the oversight provisions in the CARES Act.

The president is not above the law and we will not stand by while President Trump tries to use a pandemic to distract the American people from the corruption in his administration and his attempts to avoid transparency. Congress must immediately use its oversight powers and hold the president accountable to the American people. Without vigilant oversight of the CARES Act, we cannot ensure that public funds actually serve the public. Today’s actions by President Trump are the latest in a disturbing pattern of attacks on inspectors general and whistleblowers that serve as internal checks and balances on unethical behavior.

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