US justice department opens criminal probe into Fed chair Jerome Powell

Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, he said on Sunday. In a video announcing the probe, Powell said the US justice department served the agency with subpoenas and threatened a criminal indictment over testimony he gave to a Senate committee about renovations to Federal Reserve buildings. He called [...] The post US justice department opens criminal probe into Fed chair Jerome Powell appeared first on Kahawatungu .