NEW: Jeanine Pirro Brings Out The Receipts, Smacks Down Jerome Powell

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro pushed back Monday on claims that the Justice Department threatened Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying the probe would never have been necessary if the Fed had simply engaged with investigators.

“The United States Attorney’s Office contacted the Federal Reserve on multiple occasions to discuss cost overruns and the chairman’s congressional testimony, but were ignored, necessitating the use of legal process—which is not a threat,” Pirro wrote in a post on X.

“The word ‘indictment’ has come out of Mr. Powell’s mouth, no one else’s,” she continued. “None of this would have happened if they had just responded to our outreach. This office makes decisions based on the merits, nothing more and nothing less.”

Pirro added, “We agree with the chairman of the Federal Reserve that no one is above the law, and that is why we expect his full cooperation.”

Her comments followed a statement Sunday from Powell, who said the Justice Department served the Fed with grand jury subpoenas and threatened a criminal indictment tied to his June testimony before the Senate Banking Committee. That testimony addressed the estimated $2.5 billion renovation of the central bank’s Washington headquarters.

Powell, who was appointed by President Trump in 2017, has long been a target of the president’s ire. Trump has repeatedly blasted the Fed chair, calling him “numbskull” and “an obvious Trump Hater.”

In his statement, Powell pointed to Trump’s past attacks and what he described as White House pressure on monetary policy, arguing the issue went beyond the renovation dispute.

“I have deep respect for the rule of law and for accountability in our democracy,” Powell said. “No one — certainly not the chair of the Federal Reserve — is above the law. But this unprecedented action should be seen in the broader context of the administration’s threats and ongoing pressure.”

Trump said he was unaware of the investigation but took another swipe at Powell, saying he was “certainly not very good at the Fed, and he’s not very good at building buildings.”

The president has repeatedly questioned the ballooning cost of the Fed’s headquarters overhaul, which began three years ago and is now about $700 million over budget. During a visit to the site in July, Trump said the renovation alone does not give him grounds to fire Powell and added that he would “love to see it completed.”

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