The President’s decision to name one of his own staff lawyers to serve as the independent Inspector General overseeing the disbursement of hundreds of billions of federal dollars in coronavirus crisis emergency aid smacks of the proverbial ‘fox guarding the henhouse.’

This appointment is especially troubling given the President’s signing statement indicating that he plans to resist the oversight procedures in the CARES Act, which were overwhelmingly agreed to on a bipartisan basis to prevent corporate misconduct and abuse.

— James E. Clyburn (@WhipClyburn) April 4, 2020