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Jeanine Pirro drops criminal probe of Jerome Powell | CNN Business
The Trump administrationâs extraordinary criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is over, removing significant uncertainty that had been clouding the future of the worldâs most important central bank.
Jeanine Pirro, the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, announced on X Friday she is closing the probe. In the investigationâs place, the Fedâs inspector general has agreed to scrutinize the significant cost overruns at the central bankâs ongoing multibillion-dollar renovation project at its Washington, DC, headquarters.
After the inspector general completes his report, Pirro said her office will review it and could restart its criminal probe if warranted.
DOJ drops criminal probe of Fed Chair Powell
The Department of Justice on Friday dropped its criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, removing a major hurdle to the Senate confirming President Donald Trump's nomination of Kevin Warsh to replace him.
Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in the District of Columbia, announced the decision to abandon the Powell probe in a post on X, which came three days after Warsh testified before the Senate Banking Committee on his nomination.
Pirro said the Federal Reserve's inspector general would investigate cost overruns in the multi-billion-dollar renovation of the central bank's headquarters in Washington. She had claimed the renovation was her reason for investigating Powell.
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Justice Dept. drops investigation into Federal Reserve and Jerome Powell
The Justice Department on Friday dropped a criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell, regarding a renovation project at the central bank's Washington headquarters.
"This morning the Inspector General for the Federal Reserve has been asked to scrutinize the building costs overruns – in the billions of dollars – that have been borne by taxpayers," U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said in a post on X.
"Accordingly, I have directed my office to close our investigation as the IG undertakes this inquiry."
Pirro added that she would "not hesitate to restart a criminal investigation should the facts warrant doing so."
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