By Tierney Sneed, Jake Tapper, Bryan Mena
Updated Mar 13, 2026, 3:33 PM ET
PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2026, 3:20 PM ET
联邦储备委员会主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔于2025年10月29日在华盛顿特区出席新闻发布会后离开。
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根据周五公布的法庭文件，一名联邦法官撤销了司法部针对美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔发出的传票。
这一裁决对唐纳德·特朗普总统是重大打击，他多次批评鲍威尔没有降低利率，并敦促司法部调查这位即将卸任的主席。
美国联邦地区法官詹姆斯·“杰布”·博阿斯伯格在新的意见书中写道：“大量证据表明，政府向美联储董事会发出这些传票是为了施压，要求其主席投票支持降低利率或辞职。”
“另一方面，政府几乎没有提供任何证据来怀疑鲍威尔主席涉嫌犯罪；事实上，其理由如此薄弱且未经证实，法院只能认定这些理由是借口。”博阿斯伯格表示。
此次联邦调查凸显了特朗普政府对鲍威尔和美联储的强烈施压，试图迫使这个政治独立的央行降低利率。
特朗普继续在社交媒体上抨击鲍威尔，极尽辱骂之能事，他的政府目前正试图在最高法院的标志性案件中罢免由前总统乔·拜登任命的美联储理事莉萨·库克。
面对特朗普的攻击，鲍威尔大多保持沉默，但在1月初收到传票后仅几天，这位美联储主席就发布了一段引人注目的视频，称此次调查是对美联储独立性的冒犯。
鲍威尔的主席任期将于5月结束，特朗普在1月提名了前美联储理事凯文·沃什掌管央行。但共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯——参议院银行委员会的关键投票者，其确认提名需经该委员会投票——表示，在对鲍威尔的刑事调查解决之前，委员会不应考虑投票。
本报道正在更新中，将持续跟进。
Federal judge quashes Justice Department subpoenas of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, says probe was politically motivated
By Tierney Sneed, Jake Tapper, Bryan Mena
Updated Mar 13, 2026, 3:33 PM ET
PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2026, 3:20 PM ET
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell departs following a press conference in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2025.
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A federal judge has quashed subpoenas the Justice Department had issued against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, according to court documents unsealed Friday.
The ruling is a major blow to President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticized Powell for not lowering interest rates and urged the Justice Department to investigate the outgoing chair.
US District Judge James “Jeb” Boasberg wrote in the new opinion that a “mountain of evidence suggests that the Government served these subpoenas on the Board to pressure its Chair into voting for lower interest rates or resigning.”
“On the other side of the scale, the Government has produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime; indeed, its justifications are so thin and unsubstantiated that the Court can only conclude that they are pretextual,” Boasberg said.
The federal probe underscores the Trump administration’s intense pressure campaign Powell and the Fed in a bid to get the politically independent central bank to lower interest rates.
Trump continues to insult Powell on social media, calling him every name in the book, and his administration is currently trying to push out Fed Governor Lisa Cook, appointed by then-President Joe Biden, in a landmark case at the US Supreme Court.
Powell had stayed mostly mum in the face of Trump’s attacks, but just a few days after he was served with a subpoena in early January, the Fed chief released a remarkable video calling out the investigation as an affront to the Fed’s independence.
Powell’s term as chair expires in May and Trump in January nominated former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh to run the central bank. But Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, a key vote on the Senate Banking Committee that would confirm the nomination, has said the committee should not consider a vote until the criminal probe of Powell is resolved.
This story is breaking and will be updated.
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