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#DOJ Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened “Inquiry” Into #Fed Chair #JeromePowell

The “investigation”, which centers on renovations of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters in Washington, signals a new fabricated case in the long-running attempt by Trump to demonize the Fed chair.

#law #economy #independence #FederalReserve #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #tyranny #NewWorldOrder #recession #trumpcession
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/us/politics/jerome-powell-fed-inquiry-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 7 hours ago

The office of the #USattorney in #DC [#JeaninePirro] has unironically opened a #criminal “investigation” into #JeromePowell, the #FederalReserve chair, over the central bank’s renovation of its Washington HQ & whether Powell lied to Congress about the scope of the project…. [cough cough, ballroom, cough cough, White House, cough cough, Kennedy Center…]

#law #economy #independence #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #tyranny #NewWorldOrder #recession #trumpcession

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 4 hours ago

Fed's Powell says #Trump admin has threatened him with a #criminal #indictment

The Trump admin has threatened to indict #FederalReserve Chair #JeromePowell over Congressional testimony he gave last summer about a Fed building project, an action Powell called a "pretext" to gain more “influence” over the #CentralBank & #monetary #policy.

#law #economy #independence #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #tyranny #recession #trumpcession
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/feds-powell-says-administration-has-threatened-criminal-indictment-over-his-2026-01-12/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 4 hours ago

#FederalReserve Chair Powell says #DOJ has subpoenaed #CentralBank, threatens #criminal #indictment

Federal Reserve Chair #JeromePowell said Sunday the #DOJ has served the central bank with #subpoenas & threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony this summer about the Fed’s building renovations.

#Trump #RevengePolitics #law #LegalEthics #economy #independence #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #tyranny #recession #trumpcession
https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-trump-subpoena-bf4fc6c690fa248fbc531bc9bc7f1758?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-11-Breaking+News

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Federal Reserve Chair Powell says DOJ has subpoenaed central bank, threatens criminal indictment

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony about the Fed’s building renovations.

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