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Pirro says Federal Reserve ignored US Attorney outreach on Powell testimony, alleged cost overruns

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3 weeks ago

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Monday the Federal Reserve repeatedly failed to respond to outreach from her office regarding alleged cost overruns and Chairman Jerome Powell’s congressional testimony, prompting prosecutors to initiate a legal process that she said "is not a threat.""The word 'indictment' has come out of Mr. Powell’s mouth, no one else’s. None of this would have happened if they had just responded to our outreach," Pirro said. "This office makes decisions based on the merits, nothing more and nothing less. We agree with the chairman of the Fed...