Posted on 01/11/2026 10:00:01 PM PST by zeestephen
Powell confirmed in an unusual direct video statement Sunday evening that federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation related to his Senate Banking Committee testimony on the renovation of Fed office buildings.
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The renovation for a reserve currency supply for the last 112 years has cost more than $38 trillion!
The criminal issue involved here is that Powell lied to Congress when testifying about the huge cost of this specific renovation.
Powell has been acting out of petty personal political petulance. The renovation costs absolutely need a forensic audit, and it needs to be made public.
They’re not renovating something. They’re building a new Federal Reserve building. Trump claimed the cost is $3 billion. Powell disputed that. I take it that this grand jury is about some alleged perjury on Powell’s part regarding the new building.
I think Powell is incompetent. He has said that Trump’s tariffs are a reason not to cut interest rates. They are not, because tariffs can’t produce continual inflation. Any inflation they may cause would be a one-time thing. That’s not something the Fed should be trying to counteract, because it’s not the result of excess monetary expansion.
The only way it can counteract increased prices due to tariffs is to throw the economy into a recession, and then it would probably have to keep it in one.
Here comes Jeffrey Epstein again.
In a 2018 email to Steve Bannon Epstein rated getting rid of Powell a top priority bigger than Syria’s Civil War where President Trump bombed twice on behalf of the jihadists.
https://nextrushfree.blogspot.com/2025/12/jeffrey-epstein-human-trafficker.html
Plenty of real criminal activities to prosecute, rather than prosecuting for a political vendetta.
No, that is the visible surface issue only
First time I heard about that.
My understanding is they are renovating three buildings.
The current Eccles Building is a classic.
I would be shocked if the Board of Governors ever moved out of Eccles.
OK - so, what other crime can they charge Powell with?
Yep, it is a renovation of the 100 y/o “Eccles” building and the “FRB East” building.
https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/building-project-faqs.htm
https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/files/faq-tour-one-pager.pdf
Yep, most ETF holders for that matter. This will not affect much and Mondays are usually good days for ETFs.
He lied because with the amount of 2 billion, he is totally getting kick backs. Someone will turn on him to avoid prison.
Powell is dirty.
He is a destructive Biden cut out installed by a collective of America haters.
Well, in the pursuit of truth, this need some correction.
He was nominated freely by Trump 45.
However, Trump considers him one of his worst first turn mistakes.
Well,Powell gave the Biden Auto-penners everything they wanted.
He stonewalled Trump and put the brakes on the whole economy.
PDJT followed deep state advice on many of his 1st term appointments, many of who stabbed him, and America, in the back. Not now though.
I reckon Powell could have been one of Obama’s sons.
Powell is likely dirty, with construction money going into a slush pocket, one with a kickback.
Everyone lies to Congress, even Congressional reps lie in Congress in session every day. If Congress critters can lie when speaking in public in Congress, then so can anyone else with the same impunity Congress gives itself.
bottom-line hes in the way and must go
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