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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Economy
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National
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  1. : 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.

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