The Tubman redesign which had been scheduled for 2020 has now been delayed eight years.
Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist and former slave, was to be featured on a redesigned $20 bill in 2020. But the new bill been postponed for security reasons, the Treasury secretary said.
The Office of the Inspector General said in a letter on Friday to Sen. Charles E. Schumer that it will consider the matter as part of an audit that is about to begin. The Senate minority leader asked the watchdog this month to investigate the circumstances surrounding the decision to delay the redesign, “including any involvement by the White House.”
The decision to put Tubman on the $20 bill was made by Mnuchin’s predecessor, then-Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, who served in the Obama administration.
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