BREAKING: DOJ Threatens Fed Chair With Criminal Charges
January 12, 2026
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Episode 511 · January 12, 2026
BREAKING: DOJ Threatens Fed Chair With Criminal Charges
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BREAKING: DOJ Threatens Fed Chair With Criminal Charges
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<div>Sam Stein, Catherine Rampell, and JVL provide breaking analysis after Fed chair Jerome Powell released a remarkable video message Sunday night announcing an "unprecedented" criminal investigation into him by federal prosecutors. Powell, in the video, says the probe is because the Fed has been setting interest rates "based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of” President Donald Trump.</div>
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