„No one who has served in this WH or any WH should be eligible to serve in this role,“ said Michael Bromwich, a former Justice Department inspector general. „The job requires complete independence from politics. This nomination should be dead on arrival.“
Prior to becoming the GSA inspector general, Miller was a senior adviser to the deputy attorney general in the Bush Justice Department, and he also was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Trump used his late Friday announcement to fill out the ranks of the inspectors general in his administration, indicating his intent to appoint new watchdogs for the CIA, Department of Education. Tennessee Valley Authority and Pentagon, where Fine — a former longtime Justice Department inspector general — had been serving in an acting capacity.
Trump’s pick for the CIA, Peter Thompson, is a white-collar criminal defense attorney who previously worked as a Justice Department prosecutor for more than two decades. His pick for the DOE, Andrew De Mello, is currently a trial attorney for the Justice Department’s Tax Division and has been detailed to the Homeland Security Department’s inspector general since last year. The president’s pick to succeed Fine at the Pentagon, Jason Abend, is a senior policy advisser to Customs and Border Protection. And Trump’s pick for the TVA, Katherine Crutzer, is currently an acting deputy assistant attorney general in DOJ’s Office of Legal Policy.
Source: politico.com
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