Tillis urges DOJ to end Fed probe after meeting with Trump nominee

Powell's behind-the-scenes move after Trump's DOJ opened its criminal probe

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made 13 calls to lawmakers after the Justice Department started investigating him.

Tillis pushes DOJ to end investigation of Fed chair Powell

Senator Thom Tillis told reporters that federal prosecutors, who issued subpoenas to the central bank in January, must say they made a mistake.

Tillis urges DOJ to end Fed probe after meeting with Trump nominee

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, praised President Trump’s nominee for chair of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, but said he cannot vote for him amid the Department of Justice (DOJ) probing current Fed Chair Jerome Powell. “I thoroughly enjoyed my meeting yesterday with Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh,” Tillis…

Lame Duck RINO Thom Tillis Blocking Warsh's Fed Confirmation Hearings

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Tim Scott hopes Fed Chair Powell investigation 'goes away' to clear Kevin Warsh confirmation

President Donald Trump nominated Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as Fed chair, but the process has been blocked amid a federal investigation into Powell.

The Fed Has a Groupthink Problem. Warsh Can Fix It

President Trump has nominated Kevin Warsh for the top spot at the Federal Reserve. Though a former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, DC, Warsh is out of sync with prevailing views at the central bank. That diversity of thought could improve the Fed’s monetary policy decisions. Warsh’s candidacy for Fed chair has been widely construed as an effort to further politicize the Fed. The implicit assumption is that Fed pol…