DoJ declines to reopen investigation into former Fed chair Jay Powell

September 30, 2026 · 5:49 pm 3 sources

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• Federal Reserve watchdog finds no criminal violations for building renovation cost overruns
  The Guardian · September 30, 2026 17:49
  Trump criticized $2.4bn rehab amid attempts to pressure then Fed chair Jerome Powell into lowering interest rates The Federal Reserve ’s internal watchdog said on Wednesday that the agency has broadly mismanaged an expansive building renovation project but did not find any criminal violations, as…
• DoJ declines to reopen investigation into former Fed chair Jay Powell
  The Guardian · October 2, 2026 22:32
  Kevin Warsh’s predecessor had been investigated over cost overruns related to central bank renovation project The US ⁠justice department is not reopening a criminal investigation into former Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell ⁠for cost overruns ⁠related ​to the central bank’s building renovation…

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• US Fed watchdog finds no criminal wrongdoing in Powell-era renovation costs
  Al Jazeera · September 30, 2026 19:00
  The renovation costs became a focus of Trump’s pressure campaign against former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.