Justice Department asks Judge Boasberg to reconsider order quashing Powell subpoenas

The Justice Department sent a motion for reconsideration to U.S. District Judge James Boasberg regarding his order to stop a subpoena of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Trump administration urges judge to revisit ruling blocking subpoenas to Jerome Powell

US President Donald Trump’s administration ⁠has asked a judge to reconsider his ruling that has effectively blocked a criminal investigation into US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, according to court documents made public on Monday. Washington-based US District Judge James ‌Boasberg in a ruling unsealed on Friday blocked subpoenas issued by federal prosecutors in January seeking information about cost overruns in renovations at the Fed’s headquarters and Powell’s testimony to Congress...

By Reuters

Boasberg's Law: Why The Quashing Of The Powell Subpoenas Leaves More Questions Than Answers

Boasberg's Law: Why The Quashing Of The Powell Subpoenas Leaves More Questions Than Answers Authored by Jonathan Turley, Last week, Chief Judge James Boasberg delivered a blow to the criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell by tossing out grand jury subpoenas. Boasberg declared the investigation overtly political and coercive, without any criminal predicate. The decision is a rare rejection of a duly issued grand jury subpoena at this stage of an investigation. In my ...

By Tyler Durden

Judge says ‘no evidence’ to justify Federal Reserve probe

A US judge has blocked the Department of Justice's efforts to investigate the Federal Reserve, delivering a victory for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, who had called the probe a pretext to pressure the central bank to lower interest rates.

By Abubakar Ibrahim