Trump DOJ’s Extortionate Investigation of Fed Chairman Powell: Practical Responses

I agree with Jeff Blehar and Noah Rothman that the Trump Justice Department’s opening of a criminal investigation of Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, is a disgrace. It is, moreover, laughable for the president and his minions to suggest that Trump didn’t know anything about it.

The president spent his four years out of office claiming that it was absurd to believe that President Biden was not the prime mover of the Biden Justice Department’s criminal investigations of Trump and his allies. It didn’t matter how many times Biden’s attorney general, Merrick Garland, denied the allegation, or that the administration appointed a special counsel (Jack Smith) in an (unpersuasive) effort to distance itself from the decisions to indict Trump.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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I agree with Jeff Blehar and Noah Rothman that the Trump Justice Department’s opening of a criminal investigation of Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, is a disgrace. It is, moreover, laughable for the president and his minions to suggest that Trump didn’t know anything about it.

The president spent his four years out of office claiming that it was absurd to believe that President Biden was not the prime mover of the Biden Justice Department’s criminal investigations of Trump and his allies. It didn’t matter how many times Biden’s attorney general, Merrick Garland, denied the allegation, or that the administration appointed a special counsel (Jack Smith) in an (unpersuasive) effort to distance itself from the decisions to indict Trump.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.