Justice Department Drops Investigation into Fed Chair Powell Over Building Costs
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- The US Justice Department is dropping its investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over alleged building cost overruns, replacing it with an internal investigation led by the central bank's inspector general.
- The case had become tied to Powell's political future as his term nears its end.
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The investigation stemmed from Trump's long-standing feud with Powell over the Fed's building renovations, which Trump said had run too high. Powell's term as Fed chair is nearing its end.
The US justice department is dropping its investigation into the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, over alleged building cost overruns. US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said that instead there would be an internal investigation led by the central bank's inspector general. President Donald Trump last year said the Fed's building renovations had run too high, as part of a long-standing feud with Powell. Powell's term is nearing its end and the US Senate is currently considering Trump's nominee for his replacement, Kevin Warsh. A key Republican, Thom Tillis, had withheld his support for the nomination unless the Trump administration dropped its investigation.
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Kevin Warsh's Senate confirmation hearing will proceed now that the investigation has been dropped
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The Fed inspector general will conduct a review of building costs
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Offene Fragen
- When will the Fed inspector general complete its internal investigation?
- Will Kevin Warsh be confirmed as the next Fed chair?
- Will Powell face any other political challenges?
