2026年4月15日 美国东部时间上午11:19 / 福克斯新闻频道
据报道，珍妮·皮罗办公室的检察官本周突袭访问了美联储总部
亚历克斯·米勒 福克斯新闻报道
唐纳德·特朗普总统提名的美联储主席人选下周将前往参议院，但特朗普担心一位共和党参议员可能会破坏整个提名确认流程。
凯文·沃什原定于本周举行的提名听证会已被取消，他将在参议院银行委员会举行确认听证会。不过考虑到北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯计划阻挠其提名，沃什进入下一乃至最终流程的可能性渺茫。
特朗普对此颇为不满。
莱维特指责蒂利斯因美联储提名争端将美国经济“扣为人质”
当被福克斯商业频道主持人玛丽亚·巴蒂罗莫问及沃什在参议院的提名前景时，特朗普表示：“我们拭目以待。”
“他可能无法通过，但这就是汤姆·蒂利斯不再是参议员的原因，”特朗普说，“他已经辞职了。”
尽管蒂利斯已宣布将在今年任期结束时退出国会，但他目前仍是在职联邦参议员，若沃什的提名在2027年1月前进入参议院全体投票，他将拥有完整投票权。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系蒂利斯办公室，请求其就总统最新言论置评。
自去年蒂利斯在“超级宏伟法案”制定过程中反对 fellow 共和党人推动大幅削减医疗补助计划以来，这位北卡罗来纳州参议员就与特朗普政府多次爆发冲突。
随着司法部对现任美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔的调查推进，这种叛逆态度仍在持续。
司法部请求博阿斯伯格法官重新考虑驳回针对鲍威尔传票的裁决
2025年4月25日周五，美国前联邦储备委员会理事凯文·沃什在华盛顿特区国际货币基金组织总部举行的IMF与世界银行春季会议期间发言。（蒂尔尼·L·克罗斯/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
蒂利斯的不满并非针对沃什本人——他曾多次强调这一点——而是针对司法部对鲍威尔去年就美联储翻修国家广场两栋历史主楼一事所作证词的调查。
“我喜欢这位候选人，我不会在委员会听证会上花五分钟时间讨论他的资质，因为他完全具备这些资质，”蒂利斯说，“我会花五分钟谈谈这场毫无意义的调查，除非他们终止调查，否则我会投反对票。”
“这事没什么可美化的，”他继续说道，“只有一条出路，他们必须做出抉择。”
据报道，美国地区检察官珍妮·皮罗办公室的检察官于周二突袭访问了美联储总部。
鲍威尔揭示辞职条件，压力与日俱增
2025年3月19日，美国联邦储备委员会主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔在华盛顿特区美联储举行的货币政策委员会会议后的新闻发布会上回答问题。（罗伯托·施密特/法新社/盖蒂图片社）
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（南达科他州共和党人）已与白宫就终止该调查进行了沟通。
“我认为，他们迟早得面对参议院委员会，得和蒂利斯打交道，”图恩说，“我认为尽快结束调查符合所有人的最佳利益。”
与此同时，鉴于其继任者的任命存在不确定性，鲍威尔表示他将暂时留任，直到新主席获得确认。但特朗普称，如果鲍威尔在下个月前不离职，他将解雇鲍威尔。
特朗普指责蒂利斯“不想背负阻止一位本可大有作为的优秀人才的恶名”。
“我认为凯文·沃什会表现出色。他不想留下让一个无能之辈超期留任的骂名，”特朗普说，“我了解汤姆·蒂利斯，他是个好人。我不认为他会从中作梗——我知道他说过那样的话，也许那是真的，那样的话我只能接受。”
蒂利斯正确保在调查终止之前，沃什无法通过委员会投票。
“我认为沃什没有任何机制可以从委员会获得提名推荐，但我已经在努力确保在我们得到明确答复之前，参议院全体会议不会进行投票，”他说。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道记者，负责报道美国参议院事务。
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Trump-Tillis tiff deepens as president says he ‘quit,’ concedes Fed fight could doom new chair confirmation
April 15, 2026 11:19am EDT / Fox News
Prosecutors from Jeanine Pirro’s office reportedly visited Federal Reserve headquarters unannounced this week
By Alex Miller Fox News
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve is headed to the Senate next week, but Trump is worried that one Senate Republican could doom the confirmation process.
Kevin Warsh is scheduled for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee after his initial hearing set for this week was canceled. But his odds of moving to the next — and final — step of the process are low, given that Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., plans to block him.
And Trump isn’t happy about it.
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When asked by Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo about Warsh’s chances in the Senate, Trump said, “We’re going to have to find out.”
“He might not, but that’s why Thom Tillis is no longer a senator,” Trump said. “He quit.”
Tillis, despite announcing plans to retire from Congress at the end of his term this year, is still an active U.S. Senator and would have full voting rights if Warsh’s confirmation comes up for a vote before January 2027.
Fox News Digital reached out to Tillis’ office for comment on the president’s latest comments.
The North Carolina senator has repeatedly clashed with the Trump administration ever since Tillis bucked his fellow Republicans in their pursuit of steep Medicaid cuts last year during the creation of the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
That rebellious streak has continued as the Department of Justice probe into current Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has progressed.
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Kevin Warsh, former governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Friday, April 25, 2025. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Tillis’ beef isn’t with Warsh specifically — a point he has reiterated on several occasions — but with the DOJ’s investigation into Powell’s testimony last year about the Fed’s renovation of its two historic main buildings on the National Mall.
“I love the candidate. I won’t spend my five minutes in committee asking him about his credentials, because he has them,” Tillis said. “I’ll spend five minutes talking about a bogus investigation that’s going to cause me to vote no, unless they end the investigation.”
“There’s no way to sugarcoat this,” he continued. “There’s one way out of the box, canyon, and they’ve got to decide whether or not they’re going to do it.”
Prosecutors from U.S. District Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office reportedly visited the Federal Reserve’s headquarters unannounced on Tuesday.
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell listens to a question during a press conference after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C. on March 19, 2025. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images)
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has spoken with the White House about halting the investigation.
“I think, at some point, they’re gonna have to deal with the committee, they’re gonna have to deal with Tillis,” Thune said. “And I think it’s in everybody’s best interest to wrap up the investigation.”
Meanwhile, given the uncertainty surrounding his predecessor, Powell said he would stay on temporarily until a replacement is confirmed. But Trump said he would fire Powell if he wasn’t out by next month.
Trump charged that Tillis wouldn’t “want the legacy of stopping a great person who could be great.”
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“I think Kevin Warsh is going to be great. He doesn’t want the legacy of having an incompetent guy stay there for longer than is necessary,” Trump said. “I know Thom Tillis. He’s a good man. I don’t think he’s going to hurt — I know he said what he said, and maybe it’s true, in which case I’ll have to live with it.”
Tillis is working to make sure that, until the investigation is dropped, there’s no way Warsh makes it out of committee.
“I don’t think there’s any mechanism where he gets reported out of committee, but I’m already working to make sure votes will be held on the floor until we have a definitive answer,” he said.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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