NEWS: President Trump has upended the federal panel overseeing the $2 trillion coronavirus law -- removing the Pentagon inspector general who was supposed to oversee it and naming a new acting replacement.

Story w @connorobrienNH coming.

The news began circulating on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning. Glenn Fine, who was acting Pentagon IG, had been named by his colleagues to oversee the coronavirus panel.

But Trump named the EPA inspector general to take Fine's position, negating Fine's appointment.

It will fall to other inspectors general, particularl DOJ watchdog Michael Horowitz, to name a new coronavirus law watchdog.

The law charges the panel of IGs Horowitz leads with picking the head of the new coronavirus panel.

NEW: Trump's unexpected replacement of the Pentagon's acting IG is his latets incursion on the community of independent federal watchdogs.

He removed the intel IG Friday night and has been attacking the HHS IG since yesterday. w/ @connorobrienNH https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/07/trump-removes-independent-watchdog-for-coronavirus-funds-upending-oversight-panel-171943

FINE will revert to his position as principal deputy IG of DOD, according to the Pentagon. But he's ineligible to lead the coronavirus effort because it requires a current IG. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/07/trump-removes-independent-watchdog-for-coronavirus-funds-upending-oversight-panel-171943