This indignation would have been more credible if she hadn\u2019t spent the past four months harassing<\/a> one of the president\u2019s most persistent foes. After Pirro\u2019s office subpoenaed the Fed in January, Powell called her bluff and publicly denounced the effort to intimidate the central bank. Then in March, Chief Judge James Boasberg quashed<\/a> the subpoenas, noting that Pirro\u2019s office had declined the opportunity to present evidence in camera<\/em> of any actual crime.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Court is thus left with no credible reason to think that the Government is investigating suspicious facts as opposed to targeting a disfavored official,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWhen the evidence of improper motive is so strong and the justifications for these subpoenas are so tenuous, it is hard to see the renovations and testimony as anything other than a convenient pretext for launching a criminal investigation that the Government launched for another, unstated purpose: pressuring Powell to knuckle under.\u201d<\/p>\n Incensed, Pirro vowed to appeal. She also sent a couple of lawyers from her office to bang on the door of the Fed and demand<\/a> to be let in for a spot inspection. <\/p>\n \u201cShould you wish to challenge that finding, the courts provide an avenue for you; it is not appropriate for you to try to circumvent it,\u201d the Fed\u2019s lawyer Robert Hur wrote. \u201cI ask that you commit not to seek to communicate with my client outside the presence of counsel.\u201d<\/p>\n But Pirro wasn\u2019t done fighting.<\/p>\n \u201cThe idea that a judge can stand at the door of a grand jury and tell a prosecutor you\u2019re not allowed to go in when the United States Supreme Court has said you can go into a grand jury based on rumors and suspicion, is an order that we think must be appealed, and we are continuing in this investigation,\u201d she snarled on Wednesday.<\/p>\n In the end, though, politics came for Pirro. Republican Senator Thom Tillis vowed that none of Trump\u2019s nominees to the Fed were getting out of the Banking Committee until Pirro called off her dogs. And, with no ability to replace Powell when his term expires in three weeks, Trump would be stuck with his nemesis indefinitely according to the bank\u2019s own rules.<\/p>\n This ruling confirms just how weak and frivolous the criminal investigation of Chairman Powell is and it is nothing more than a failed attack on Fed independence. <\/p>\n We all know how this is going to end and the D.C. U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office should save itself further embarrassment\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Senator Thom Tillis (@SenThomTillis) March 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n This morning, Pirro blinked, claiming that she was handing the case off to the Inspector General for the Federal Reserve.<\/p>\n This morning the Inspector General for the Federal Reserve has been asked to scrutinize the building costs overruns \u2013 in the billions of dollars \u2013 that have been borne by taxpayers. <\/p>\n The IG has the authority to hold the Federal Reserve accountable to American taxpayers. I\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 US Attorney Pirro (@USAttyPirro) April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n In fact, Powell himself asked<\/a> Inspector General Michael Horowitz to review the project last July, and the IG confirmed to NBC<\/a> that there is no new inquiry. But Pirro was willing to fudge the truth to make the climbdown a bit less ignominious \u2014 as she has been during this entire ridiculous outing.<\/p>\n \u201cNote well, however, that I will not hesitate to restart a criminal investigation should the facts warrant doing so,\u201d she tweeted, acknowledging even as she flounced out that the facts never warranted criminal investigation in the first place. <\/p>\n Subscribe to read more at Law and Chaos\u2026.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Liz Dye<\/a>\u00a0produces the Law and Chaos\u00a0Substack\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0You can subscribe by clicking the logo:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The post Pirro Taps Out On Powell<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, Jeanine Pirro defiantly insisted that her investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was ongoing.<\/p>\n \u201cThis investigation continues,\u201d the US Attorney for DC huffed<\/a> at a press conference. \u201cI am in the legal lane. There are others who are in the political lane. I don\u2019t intersect those two lanes.\u201d<\/p>\n This indignation would have been more credible if she hadn\u2019t spent the past four months harassing<\/a> one of the president\u2019s most persistent foes. After Pirro\u2019s office subpoenaed the Fed in January, Powell called her bluff and publicly denounced the effort to intimidate the central bank. Then in March, Chief Judge James Boasberg quashed<\/a> the subpoenas, noting that Pirro\u2019s office had declined the opportunity to present evidence in camera<\/em> of any actual crime.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Court is thus left with no credible reason to think that the Government is investigating suspicious facts as opposed to targeting a disfavored official,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWhen the evidence of improper motive is so strong and the justifications for these subpoenas are so tenuous, it is hard to see the renovations and testimony as anything other than a convenient pretext for launching a criminal investigation that the Government launched for another, unstated purpose: pressuring Powell to knuckle under.\u201d<\/p>\n Incensed, Pirro vowed to appeal. She also sent a couple of lawyers from her office to bang on the door of the Fed and to be let in for a spot inspection. <\/p>\n \u201cShould you wish to challenge that finding, the courts provide an avenue for you; it is not appropriate for you to try to circumvent it,\u201d the Fed\u2019s lawyer Robert Hur wrote. \u201cI ask that you commit not to seek to communicate with my client outside the presence of counsel.\u201d<\/p>\n But Pirro wasn\u2019t done fighting.<\/p>\n \u201cThe idea that a judge can stand at the door of a grand jury and tell a prosecutor you\u2019re not allowed to go in when the United States Supreme Court has said you can go into a grand jury based on rumors and suspicion, is an order that we think must be appealed, and we are continuing in this investigation,\u201d she snarled on Wednesday.<\/p>\n In the end, though, politics came for Pirro. Republican Senator Thom Tillis vowed that none of Trump\u2019s nominees to the Fed were getting out of the Banking Committee until Pirro called off her dogs. And, with no ability to replace Powell when his term expires in three weeks, Trump would be stuck with his nemesis indefinitely according to the bank\u2019s own rules.<\/p>\n This morning, Pirro blinked, claiming that she was handing the case off to the Inspector General for the Federal Reserve.<\/p>\n In fact, Powell himself asked<\/a> Inspector General Michael Horowitz to review the project last July, and the IG confirmed to NBC<\/a> that there is no new inquiry. But Pirro was willing to fudge the truth to make the climbdown a bit less ignominious \u2014 as she has been during this entire ridiculous outing.<\/p>\n \u201cNote well, however, that I will not hesitate to restart a criminal investigation should the facts warrant doing so,\u201d she tweeted, acknowledging even as she flounced out that the facts never warranted criminal investigation in the first place. <\/p>\n Subscribe to read more at Law and Chaos\u2026.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Liz Dye<\/a>\u00a0produces the Law and Chaos\u00a0Substack\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0You can subscribe by clicking the logo:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n On Wednesday, Jeanine Pirro defiantly insisted that her investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was ongoing. \u201cThis investigation continues,\u201d the US Attorney for DC huffed at a press conference. \u201cI am in the legal lane. There are others who are in the political lane. 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