Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A group of Republican senators fired back at the Trump administration as the Justice Department targets Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell with a criminal probe. The investigation could lead to GOP lawmakers blocking the president installing his picks on the Fed going forward. GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski spoke with Powell on Monday and called for an investigation into the Justice Department as the administration alleges its probe is about the ballooning cost of the Federal Reserve renovations. Powell warned in a remarkable video that it’s really about the Fed’s independence. Read more at The Daily Beast.