US judge upholds decision to toss subpoenas into Fed Chair Jerome Powell

Judge James Boasberg says Trump administration’s arguments ‘do not come close to convincing the Court’ of the subpoenas’ legitimacy.

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A United States federal judge has once again batted down a pair of subpoenas from the administration of President Donald Trump seeking information about Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, the country’s central bank.

In a brief, six-page opinion published on Friday, Judge James Boasberg rejected the Department of Justice’s motion to reconsider his earlier ruling rejecting the subpoenas.

US judge upholds decision to toss subpoenas into Fed Chair Jerome Powell

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