Hey stay tuned listeners. I hope you and your loved ones are staying healthy and safe during

these extraordinarily difficult times. As many of you know Anne Milgram and I co-host

the Cafe Insider podcast where every Tuesday we break down politically charged legal issues

making the headlines. The podcast is part of the Cafe Insider membership and I'm so glad

that insiders are staying engaged, writing in with questions and comments. Thank you

as always for helping support our work. As we make sense of the ongoing coronavirus crisis,

we're taking down the paywall on the podcast so that everyone can listen and participate.

For part of this special episode, Anne and I are lucky to be joined by our friend Neil

Barovsky. During the last financial crisis, Neil served as the special inspector general

for the tarp stimulus bill, making him the chief watchdog in charge of policing the implementation

of the 2008 bank bailout. Neil joins us to break down the oversight mechanisms in the

coronavirus stimulus package, the challenges associated with policing massive government

bailouts and the lessons he learned from being on the front lines the last time Congress

passed a major stimulus. What follows is a sample of our conversation. If you want to hear

our full discussion for free, go to cafe.com slash preet and sign up to receive an email

with a link to the episode. That's cafe.com slash preet. And if you already receive emails

from cafe, then check your inbox. It should be there or arrive shortly. One of the issues

is whether or not an inspector general can be fired for any reason. And this inspector

general can only be fired for cause. And the president wrote or at least signed a letter

that was kind of short that basically said that this inspector general no longer had

his fullest confidence, which doesn't usually meet the standard for cause. What do you

make of it? Generally speaking, and when I serve as special inspector general, I served

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