A federal judge clocked Justice Department subpoenas for Jerome Powell related to the bank’s renovation.
The infamous anti-Trump judge, James Boasberg, claims there is no evidence to support the issuing of these subpoenas.
Here’s the news:
A federal judge on Friday said he was blocking subpoenas that the Justice Department served to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in a probe purported to be about the management of the central bank’s renovation.
“A mountain of evidence suggests that the Government served these subpoenas on the Board to pressure its Chair into voting for lower interest rates or resigning,” Judge James Boasberg, the chief judge on the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., wrote in a court filing.
Boasberg continued: “On the other side of the scale, the Government has produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime; indeed, its justifications are so thin and unsubstantiated that the Court can only conclude that they are pretextual.”
“The Court therefore finds that the subpoenas were issued for an improper purpose and will quash them,” the order states.
We’ll see if the DC appeals court agrees with Boasberg. If they do, the case is likely over.