Fed chair responds to ‘political pressure, intimidation’ by Trump’s Justice Department

by Lillian Dickerson

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell issued a rare warning in a video statement on Sunday that the Fed's independence was under threat of political intimidation, as evidenced by grand jury subpoenas served to the bank on Friday by the DOJ under what Powell characterized as a false pretext.

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