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华盛顿讯——北卡罗来纳州参议员汤姆·蒂利斯周日表示，他已准备好推进对凯文·沃什担任联邦储备委员会理事会主席的提名，这意味着他对美联储相关提名的阻挠就此终结。
作为参议院银行委员会成员的共和党人蒂利斯此前曾誓言，在司法部继续对现任主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔展开调查期间，不会支持任何美联储相关提名。但美国检察官珍妮娜·皮尔罗周五宣布，其办公室将结束对鲍威尔以及美联储25亿美元华盛顿总部翻新工程的调查。
在接受美国全国广播公司《与媒体见面》节目采访时，蒂利斯表示，他已收到司法部的保证，该调查已经结案，只有在负责审查该翻新工程的美联储监察总长提出刑事转介时，调查才会重新启动。
“我已准备好推进沃什先生的确认程序，”他说，“我认为他会成为一名出色的美联储主席。”
蒂利斯在X平台发布的一份声明中表示，“现在是美联储摆脱这场干扰，将全部注意力重新放回其使命的时候了。”
“我从一开始就明确表示：美国检察官办公室对鲍威尔主席的刑事调查，对美联储的独立性构成了严重威胁，在我能够支持凯文·沃什的提名之前，这项调查必须终止，”他写道，“我欢迎监察总长的调查。这是一项必要且恰当的举措，我相信它将得到彻底且专业的开展。”
鲍威尔的美联储主席任期将于5月15日结束，特朗普先生于今年1月宣布已选定沃什领导美联储理事会。沃什已于上周出席银行委员会的听证会。在听证会上，蒂利斯重申，尽管他支持沃什的提名，但在司法部结束调查之前，他不会投票确认其任命。
银行委员会定于周三就沃什的提名进行投票。该委员会共有13名共和党议员和11名民主党议员。
鲍威尔今年1月透露，美联储已收到大陪审团传票，作为针对该央行总部翻新工程这个耗时多年项目的刑事调查的一部分。但在3月，美国地区法官詹姆斯·博阿斯伯格驳回了这些传票，认定这是试图向鲍威尔施压，迫使其投票支持降息或辞职。
皮尔罗已誓言就该裁决提起上诉。蒂利斯周日表示，司法部向他保证，任何上诉都将围绕法官驳回传票的理由展开，而非将其作为重启调查的手段。
特朗普先生经常就利率政策问题对鲍威尔表达不满，并于去年暗示，美联储的基建工程可以成为解雇鲍威尔的理由。这项涵盖两栋建筑的翻新工程最初于2017年获得批准，预计明年完工。该项目的预估成本从19亿美元飙升至近25亿美元，美联储称这是受原材料、设备和劳动力成本上涨等多种因素影响。美联储是自筹资金的。
由迈克尔·霍洛维茨领导的美联储监察总长办公室已两次对该银行的翻新工程进行审计，鲍威尔去年在参议院表示，他已要求该监督机构重新审查其总部的 ongoing 翻新工程。
监察总长办公室周五表示，其“正在积极推进”完成对该项目的审查，并将向公众和国会公布调查结果。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/end-justice-department-powell-probe-could-clear-way-kevin-warsh-confirmation-fed-chair/
Tillis says he’s prepared to move forward with Kevin Warsh’s nomination for Fed chair
April 26, 2026 3:42 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said Sunday that he is prepared to move forward with the nomination of Kevin Warsh for chairman of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, bringing an end to his blockade on nominations to the central bank.
Tillis, a Republican who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, had vowed not to support any nomination to the Fed while the Justice Department continued its investigation into the current chairman, Jerome Powell. But U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Friday that her office would be ending the probe into Powell and the Fed’s $2.5 billion renovation of its Washington, D.C., headquarters.
In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Tillis said he had received assurances from the Justice Department that the investigation is closed and would only be reopened if the Fed’s inspector general, which is examining the renovation project, made a criminal referral.
“I am prepared to move on with the confirmation of Mr. Warsh,” he said. “I think he’s going to be a great Fed chair.”
In a statement shared to X, Tillis said “it is time for the Federal Reserve to move beyond this distraction and return its full attention to its mission.”
“I have been clear from the start: the U.S. Attorney’s Office criminal investigation into Chair Powell was a serious threat to the Fed’s independence, and it needed to end before I could support Kevin Warsh’s confirmation,” he wrote. “I welcome the Inspector General’s investigation. This is a necessary and appropriate measure, and I have confidence it will be conducted thoroughly and professionally.”
Powell’s term as Fed chairman ends May 15, and Mr. Trump announced in January that he had selected Warsh to lead the central bank’s board. Warsh appeared before the Banking Committee last week. During the hearing, Tillis reiterated that while he supported Warsh’s nomination, he wouldn’t vote to confirm him until the Justice Department ended its investigation.
The Banking Committee is set to convene Wednesday to vote on Warsh’s nomination. There are 13 Republicans on the committee and 11 Democrats.
Powell revealed in January that the Fed had received grand-jury subpoenas as part of the criminal probe involving the years-long project to renovate the central bank’s headquarters. But in March, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg blocked the subpoenas, finding they were part of an effort to pressure Powell into voting to lower interest rates or resign.
Pirro has vowed to appeal the decision. Tillis said Sunday that the Justice Department assured him any appeal would be focused on the judge’s basis for quashing the subpoenas rather than a vehicle for resuming the investigation.
Mr. Trump frequently vents his frustrations with Powell over his interest-rate decisions and suggested last year that the construction at the Fed could be grounds to fire Powell. The renovation project, which encompasses two buildings, was first approved in 2017 and is set to be completed next year. The estimated cost of the project ballooned from $1.9 billion to nearly $2.5 billion, which the Fed said was the result of several factors, including a rise in the cost material, equipment and labor. The central bank is self-funded.
The Fed’s inspector general’s office, which is led by Michael Horowitz, has twice conducted audits regarding the bank’s renovation projects, and Powell told the Senate last year he had asked the watchdog to take another look at the ongoing overhaul of its headquarters.
The inspector general’s office said Friday that it is “actively working” to finish its review of the project and would make its findings available to the public and Congress.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/end-justice-department-powell-probe-could-clear-way-kevin-warsh-confirmation-fed-chair/
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