2026-04-25T18:26:55-04:00 / 福克斯新闻
监察总长迈克尔·霍洛维茨从联邦检察官手中接过调查工作
作者：布里·斯廷森 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年4月25日美国东部时间下午6:26
特朗普在CBS节目中谈及司法部对美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔的调查
唐纳德·特朗普总统在《CBS晚间新闻》的采访中为司法部对美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔的调查辩护。
就在哥伦比亚特区联邦检察官让娜·皮罗宣布她已指示办公室结束针对联邦储备系统一项建筑项目的调查的次日，唐纳德·特朗普总统表示，他想知道发生了什么。
“嗯，我想要查明真相，”周六在佛罗里达州棕榈滩国际机场登机空军一号前，当一名记者问及他是否同意皮罗的决定时，总统对记者们说道。
“你知道，这件事并没有被搁置，”他继续说道。“他们正在全面调查这场危机。我希望通过监察总长来弄清楚，为什么一栋我本可以用2500万美元完成的建筑，最终花了40亿美元。这太离谱了。”
特朗普还提到了美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔，称“他当时负责此事”。
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唐纳德·特朗普总统与美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔于7月在华盛顿特区参观美联储耗资25亿美元的总部翻新项目。（奇普·索莫德维拉/盖蒂图片社）
“我们会查清楚的，”他补充道。“是的，我认为让娜非常出色。她和其他人一起处理了这件事。跟你说，我想要查明真相，我有义务去查清——这件事是在拜登任内发生的，但我有义务去弄清楚——我本来可以用2500万美元完成这栋建筑，还能剩下钱，而且早就可以完工了。”
美联储在其网站上表示，该翻新工程的获批预算为24.6亿美元，但由于意外发现更多石棉以及翻新过程中成本上涨等因素，最终超出了预算。
皮罗周五表示，美联储监察总长迈克尔·霍洛维茨将接手这项调查，将其从联邦检察官手中转交给一位长期任职的政府监督官员。
特朗普政府对美联储总部的调查升级，检察官进行了未预先通报的现场访问
美国检察官让娜·皮罗周五宣布其办公室将结束对美联储的调查。（内森·霍华德/路透社）
鲍威尔因在国会就翻新成本管理发表的言论受到调查。
鲍威尔在1月份的视频声明中透露，司法部已对美联储展开调查，称这是前所未有的试图通过“恐吓”迫使他降息的行为。
在调查展开前，特朗普与鲍威尔的关系日益紧张，特朗普对利率感到不满，并开始针对他在2017年提名的鲍威尔。特朗普称鲍威尔是“傻瓜”，并在3月份要求他“立即”降息。
北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯拥有金融背景，是参议院银行委员会成员。此前特朗普提名凯文·沃什接替将于5月15日任期届满的鲍威尔，蒂利斯曾誓言要阻止沃什的提名，理由是司法部的调查。
蒂利斯声称司法部的调查带有政治目的，会不当干预市场，并指责皮罗为了在特朗普那里捞取“好处”而启动调查。“这一点都不高明，”蒂利斯在2月份的一次电视采访中说道。
美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔在1月份称该调查具有政治动机。（奇普·索莫德维拉/盖蒂图片社）
在本周的确认听证会上，蒂利斯告诉曾在美联储理事会任职的沃什，他“资历超群”，但在司法部结束调查之前，他不会投票支持沃什在参议院的提名推进。
如今将负责调查美联储建筑翻新成本的霍洛维茨，在担任司法部监察总长十多年的时间里，既获得了共和党人的赞扬，也遭到了批评。他是去年特朗普历史性裁撤政府监督官员时少数得以保留的知名监察总长之一，并与众议院司法委员会主席、俄亥俄州共和党人吉姆·乔丹等关键人物结成了同盟。
皮罗结束这项调查可能为沃什的提名铺平道路。
北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯表示，在司法部结束调查之前，他不会在参议院投票推进凯文·沃什担任美联储主席的提名。（阿尔·德拉戈/彭博社）
特朗普表示，他希望推动这项调查“为了国家”。
“建造酒店比建造办公楼要困难得多、昂贵得多，”总统说道，他提到了自己在华盛顿特区的特朗普国际酒店，该酒店于2022年出售并更名为华尔道夫酒店。
他继续说道：“我想要弄清楚，这么大的一栋建筑，最终的造价会是多少。顺便说一句，没人知道最终会花多少钱。凯文会非常出色的。凯文·沃什，他可能永远都没机会进入那栋大楼。”
特朗普告诉记者，他的提名现在应该进展顺利，“但无论结果如何，都必须有人搞清楚，为什么这栋本该只花2500万美元的建筑，最终耗资数十亿美元。你知道为什么他们必须查明真相吗？因为其他建筑也是如此，这不是唯一一例。我认为这是最离谱的案例。”
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Trump vows to ‘get to the bottom’ of Fed’s multibillion-dollar building renovation after probe shift
2026-04-25T18:26:55-04:00 / Fox News
Inspector General Michael Horowitz takes over the investigation from federal prosecutors
By Brie Stimson Fox News
Published April 25, 2026 6:26pm EDT
Trump discusses DOJ probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell on CBS
President Donald Trump defends the DOJ investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell during an interview on “CBS Evening News.”
A day after U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced she had directed her office to close its investigation into the Federal Reserve over a building project, President Donald Trump said he wants to know what happened.
“Well, I want to find out,” the president told reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida on Saturday, after a journalist asked if he agreed with Pirro’s decision.
“You know, it’s not dropped,” he continued. “They’re looking into the whole thing about the crisis. What I want, with the IG, what I want to look at is how can a building that I could have done for $25 million cost $4 billion. That’s a big thing.”
Trump also mentioned Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying, “he was in charge.”
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President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell tour the Federal Reserve’s $2.5 billion headquarters renovation project in Washington, D.C., in July.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“So we’ll get to the bottom of it,” he added. “Yeah, I think Jeanine is fantastic. And she worked with other people on that. I tell you, I want to find out, I have an obligation to find that — this was done during Biden, but I have an obligation to find out how does it — I would have done that building for $25 million and had money left over. And it would have been open a long time ago.”
The Fed had an approved budget of $2.46 billion for the renovations, but went over budget because of things like more asbestos than expected and costs going up during the course of the renovation, the Fed says on its website.
Pirro said Friday the Fed’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, would take over the investigation, moving it from the hands of federal prosecutors into those of a longtime government watchdog.
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U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced her office was closing the investigation into the Federal Reserve on Friday.(Nathan Howard/Reuters)
Powell was under investigation over statements he made to Congress related to the management of the renovation costs.
Powell revealed in a video announcement in January that the Department of Justice had opened an investigation into the Fed, calling it an unprecedented attempt to use “intimidation” to force him to lower interest rates.
In the lead-up to the investigation, Trump and Powell’s relationship had grown increasingly rocky, as Trump became frustrated over interest rates and began targeting Powell, whom he nominated in 2017. Trump called Powell a “fool” and demanded in March that he drop rates “immediately.”
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who has a background in finance and sits on the Senate Banking Committee, had vowed to block Kevin Warsh’s confirmation because of the DOJ’s investigation, after Trump nominated Warsh to replace Powell, whose term was set to expire on May 15.
Tillis had claimed the DOJ’s investigation was political and would improperly interfere with markets, and he accused Pirro of seeking “brownie points” with Trump by opening it. “It’s not cute,” Tillis said during a television interview in February.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in January claimed the investigation was political.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
During his confirmation hearing this week, Tillis told Warsh, who previously served on the Fed’s Board of Governors, that he had “extraordinary credentials” but that he could not vote to advance his nomination in the Senate until the DOJ ended its investigation.
Horowitz, who will now investigate the Fed building renovation costs, has drawn a mix of praise and criticism from Republicans while serving as DOJ inspector general for more than a decade. He was one of the few high-profile inspectors general spared during Trump’s historic cull of government watchdogs last year and has found allyship in key figures like House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
Pirro closing the investigation could pave the way for Warsh’s nomination.
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., says he couldn’t vote to advance Kevin Warsh’s nomination to head the Federal Reserve in the Senate until the DOJ ended its investigation.(Al Drago/Bloomberg)
Trump said he wanted to see the investigation through “for the country.”
“It’s much tougher, much more expensive to build a hotel than an office,” the president said, mentioning his Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., that he sold in 2022 and was renamed the Waldorf Astoria.
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He continued, “I want to find out how can a building of that size cost for whatever it’s going to be. Nobody knows, by the way, what it’s going to be. Kevin is going to be fantastic. Kevin Warsh, he may never get to be in that building.”
Trump told reporters that his nomination should now going smoothly,“but whether it is or not, somebody has to find out why that building that should have cost $25 million is costing billions of dollars. And you know why they have to find it out? For other buildings, because that’s not the only one. I think that’s the most egregious example.”
Fox News’ Ashley Oliver and Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.
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