WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice is dropping its criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over costly building renovations at its headquarters in the nation’s capital. DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Friday that the Fed’s inspector general instead “has been asked to scrutinize the building costs overruns — in the billions of…
Trump DOJ dropping criminal probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell over central bank renovations
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April 24, 2026
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