Trump Administration's Criminal Investigation of Fed Chair Powell
A federal judge threw out subpoenas against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in a scathing opinion, accusing the Trump administration of using a criminal investigation to pressure Powell to lower interest rates. The case represents a clash between executive power and central bank independence.
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- : Issue automatically created from AI pipeline analysis. A federal judge threw out subpoenas against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in a scathing opinion, accusing the Trump administration of using a criminal investigation to pressure Powell to lower interest rates. The case represents a clash between executive power and central bank independence.