{"id":15714,"date":"2026-04-15T15:44:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15714"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:44:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:44:56","slug":"us-prosecutors-make-surprise-visit-to-federal-reserve-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15714","title":{"rendered":"US prosecutors make surprise visit to Federal Reserve office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro&#8217;s office made a surprise visit on Tuesday to the Federal Reserve&#8217;s headquarters renovation \u200bproject, as the Trump administration continues its pressure campaign against the central \u200cbank.<br>The unscheduled visit was confirmed by a spokesperson for Pirro&#8217;s office and was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260415154405-1024x651.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260415154405-1024x651.png 1024w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260415154405-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260415154405-768x489.png 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260415154405.png 1047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After speaking with construction workers, two of Pirro&#8217;s deputies were advised they \u200bcould not access the site without prior clearance and they were given \u200bthe contact information for the Fed&#8217;s legal staff, the Journal reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President \u2060Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against top Fed officials, including Fed \u200bChair Jerome Powell whose term ends in May, with the goal of lowering \u200binterest rates. The campaign has sparked political outcry and court challenges.<br>The Department of Justice has been investigating Powell for his oversight of the renovations to the central bank&#8217;s headquarters in the nation&#8217;s \u200bcapital.<br>Though a federal judge has found the probe to be a thinly disguised effort \u200bto pressure Powell to lower interest rates or resign, the department has said it would \u200cappeal.<br>Former Fed \u2060chairs and ex-government economic policy leaders from both the Republican and Democratic parties have raised alarm about the Trump administration&#8217;s probe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fed could not be immediately reached for comment. The Journal reported that an outside lawyer for the Fed, Robert \u200bHur, objected to Tuesday&#8217;s \u200bvisit in a \u2060letter to Pirro&#8217;s office.<br>Hur was cited as saying that the prosecutors appeared &#8220;without prior notice&#8221; at the construction site, where they \u200basked for a tour and said they wanted to check \u200bon the \u2060progress of the renovation project.<br>The independence of central banks in setting rates to control inflation is considered a central tenet of robust economic policy, insulating monetary policymakers from short-term \u2060political considerations \u200bto focus on longer-term efforts to keep prices \u200bstable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro&#8217;s office made a surprise visit on Tuesday to the Federal Reserve&#8217;s headquarters renovation \u200bproject, as the Trump administration continues its pressure campaign against the central \u200cbank.The unscheduled visit was confirmed by a spokesperson for Pirro&#8217;s office and was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. 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