2026-05-03T17:52:00.081Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：卡米拉·德沙卢斯
2小时前
发布于2026年5月3日美国东部时间下午1:52
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哥伦比亚特区联邦检察官珍妮·皮尔罗周日表示，她可能会重启对美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔的刑事调查，具体取决于总监察长办公室针对美联储大楼翻新工程的调查结果。
她此番言论发表仅一周多前，她曾在社交媒体上发文称已指示其所在办公室暂停对鲍威尔的调查，而当时鲍威尔的潜在接任者凯文·沃什刚获得参议院银行委员会的提名批准。
“我想看看调查结果如何。如果确实有问题，那很好；如果没有，那我就作罢，”皮尔罗在接受美国有线电视新闻网主持人杰克·塔珀的《国情咨文》节目采访时说道。
司法部于今年1月首次对鲍威尔展开调查。鲍威尔因迟迟不降息，频繁成为唐纳德·特朗普总统的抨击目标。
北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯曾因这起针对鲍威尔的调查，拖延沃什的提名推进委员会投票长达数月之久，他称该调查带有政治动机，且威胁到美联储的独立性。
皮尔罗在采访中还表示，她的办公室将提出上诉，反对一名法官近期驳回其在此次调查中发出的传票的裁决。她称：“作为检察官，这对我们来说极其重要，这一判例可以防止我们无法进入大陪审团程序。”
在暂停调查的声明中，她表示美联储总监察长办公室将自行对鲍威尔展开调查。皮尔罗随后补充道，在总监察长完成报告后，“如果事实证明有必要，我们将毫不犹豫地重启刑事调查”。
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蒂利斯周日在接受美国有线电视新闻网采访时表示，尽管他支持沃什，但他仍坚持认为鲍威尔在任期间并未犯下任何罪行。
“归根结底，没有任何犯罪行为发生，我接触过的检察官也都认同这一点，”蒂利斯说道，“这才是我所反对的——我反对的不是任何单独的起诉，而是会破坏美联储独立性的程序。”
作为参议院银行委员会成员的蒂利斯此前曾表态支持终止对鲍威尔的调查。
当被问及是否认为沃什会在特朗普政府面前保持一定独立性时，他表示：“我认为会的。”
自开启第二任任期以来，特朗普加大了对鲍威尔的口头攻击，多次公开发表言论和在网上发帖批评鲍威尔以及美联储理事会的货币政策。
4月29日，特朗普在Truth社交平台发文称：“杰罗姆‘为时已晚’鲍威尔想留在美联储，因为他在其他地方找不到工作——没人愿意要他。”
鲍威尔的美联储主席任期将于5月15日结束，他此前已对外界施压作出回应，在去年的一场听证会上对参议员们表示，美联储在制定利率时“不会考虑政治因素”。鲍威尔曾表示，在此次刑事调查结束前，他将以美联储理事的身份继续留任。
司法部因反复动用职权调查公开批评总统及其政府、或成为政策阻碍的个人而受到审视，其中包括前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米，以及去年在一段视频中呼吁军人拒绝非法命令的六名国会议员。
沃什仍需获得参议院全院投票确认，方能出任美联储主席。
US attorney doesn’t rule out continuing to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Powell
2026-05-03T17:52:00.081Z / CNN
By Camila DeChalus
2 hr ago
PUBLISHED May 3, 2026, 1:52 PM ET
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell departs following his final press conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC on April 29, 2026.
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US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Sunday that she may reopen a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, depending on what an inspector general’s probe uncovers over building renovations at the Federal Reserve.
Her comments come just over a week after she wrote on social media that she had directed her office to suspend its investigation into Powell and after Powell’s likely replacement at the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, was approved by the Senate Banking Committee.
“I want to see what’s there. If there’s something there, great. And if there isn’t, I’ll go home,” Pirro told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”
The Justice Department first launched an investigation into Powell, who is a frequent target of President Donald Trump over not lowering interest rates, in January.
North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis held up the committee vote to advance Warsh’s nomination for months due to the investigation into Powell, arguing it was politically-motivated and threatened the independence of the fed.
Pirro also said in the interview that her office is going to make a motion to appeal a judge’s recent decision that quashed her subpoenas in the investigation, saying, “it’s extremely important for us as prosecutors, the precedent that it sets to prevent us from going into a grand jury.”
In her announcement suspending the investigation, she said the Office of the Inspector General of the Federal Reserve will conduct its own investigation into Powell. Pirro went on to say that after the inspector general concludes its report, her office “will not hesitate to restart a criminal investigation should the facts warrant doing so.”
Jeanine Pirro, US attorney for the District of Columbia, during a news conference at the Department of Justice on Monday, April 27, 2026.
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Tillis told CNN on Sunday that while he supports Warsh, he maintains that Powell did not commit any crimes while serving in office.
“At the end of the day, no crime was committed, and the prosecutors I spoke with all agree,” Tillis said. “That’s what I was fighting against, not any single prosecution, but a process that would undermine the independence of the Fed.”
Tillis, who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, previously said that he supported the end of the investigation into Powell.
When asked if he thinks Warsh will maintain some independence from the Trump administration, he said, “I think so.”
Since beginning his second term, Trump has intensified his verbal attacks on Powell, making several public remarks and online posts criticizing him and the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors over monetary policy.
In one Truth Social post on April 29, Trump wrote “Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell wants to stay at the Fed because he can’t get a job anywhere else — Nobody wants him.”
Powell, whose term as chair is set to end on May 15, has pushed back on the pressure, telling senators during a hearing last year that “we don’t take into consideration political factors” when setting rates. Powell has said he will remain at the fed as a governor until the criminal investigation concludes.
The Justice Department has drawn scrutiny for repeatedly using its authority to pursue individuals who have openly criticized or been roadblocks to the president and his administration, including former FBI Director James Comey and six members of Congress who appeared in a video last year urging service members to refuse unlawful orders.
Warsh still needs to be confirmed as the fed chair by the full Senate.
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