Trump plans to tap Brian Miller, a White House lawyer and former federal watchdog, to oversee the new $500 billion coronavirus relief fund housed in the Treasury Department
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Miller, who joined Trump's office of White House counsel after a stint in the private sector, spent nearly 10 years as the inspector general of the General Services Administration, where he handled a string of high-profile waste, fraud and abuse cases — including an investigation of a lavish Las Vegas conference hosted by the GSA in 2010.Miller was nominated to the GSA watchdog post by President George W. Bush in 2004 and won Senate confirmation the next year.
The new post is one of three layers of spending oversight created by the new law. The others include a five-member congressional commission that will be appointed by leaders of the House and Senate, and a two-dozen member committee of current federal inspectors general headed by Pentagon watchdog Glenn Fine.
Upon confirmation, Miller's role will be watched closely because he's tasked with the most direct role in monitoring Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's decision to dole out the $500 billion to distressed industries, businesses, and local governments. Congress included a provision requiring the new inspector to report directly to lawmakers if he's "unreasonably" blocked from accessing information.
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