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Posted: 2020-05-26T17:19:49Z | Updated: 2020-05-26T20:40:26Z

Glenn Fine, who was set to monitor the governments $2 trillion in coronavirus relief spending until President Donald Trump abruptly removed him last month, has resigned from the Defense Department.

Fine announced his departure from the department in a statement on Tuesday, Politico was the first to report . He had been serving as the Pentagons acting inspector general when Trump suddenly ousted him from that role in early April .

Fine had been selected on March 30 to lead the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, which is a panel of 10 inspectors general tasked with limiting fraud, wrongdoing and mismanagement in the spending of more than $2 trillion in emergency coronavirus funds allocated by Congress in the CARES Act.

One week later, Trump removed him as acting IG, a role he had since the final year of the Obama administration. He was replaced with Sean ODonnell, the inspector general of the Environmental Protection Agency. Because of his removal, Fine was no longer eligible to serve as the PRACs chairperson.