Ondertussen rondom het onderzoek naar de Federal Reserve Bank:
Justice Department Drops Criminal Investigation into FedThe investigation by Jeannine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, had been a roadblock to Mr. Warsh’s confirmation. A top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, which oversees the Fed, vowed to block any of Mr. Trump's nominees until the legal threats against Mr. Powell, the chair, and the institution more broadly were dropped.
Dus Trump kiest eieren voor zijn geld en laat het onderzoek stoppen. De grote vraag is of het onderzoek ook weer herstart kan worden nadat ze krijgen wat ze willen ...nml een nieuwe voorzitter.
Edit:
lijkt er op dat ze het onderzoek "verplaatsen". Dus niet een strafrechtelijk onderzoek naar een "intern" onderzoek:
"American taxpayers deserve answers about the Federal Reserve's fiscal mismanagement, and the Office of the Inspector General's more powerful authorities best position it to get to the bottom of the matter," said White House spokesman Kush Desai in a statement.
bron:
BBC
Edit 2:
Lijkt er op dat meer mensen het niet vertrouwen:
Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, said that the decision by the Trump administration to drop its investigation into Fed chair Jerome Powell was not enough.
In a statement, Warren seized on a comment from Jeannine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, who had said that the government could restart the investigation into Powell if conditions warranted.
“Anyone who believes Donald Trump’s corrupt scheme to take over the Fed is over is fooling themselves,” said Warren, who renewed her demand that the Senate refrain from proceeding with the confirmation of Kevin Warsh to serve as the next chair of the central bank.
bron:
NY Times
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duvekot op 24-04-2026 17:03
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