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华盛顿 — 北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯周五表示，由于司法部对美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔的调查尚未结束，而他承诺在司法部解决调查前将反对任何美联储提名人的确认，因此特朗普总统提名的美联储理事会主席候选人凯文·沃什将不得不决定是否继续其提名流程，因为这可能对他的商业生涯产生潜在影响。
在即将于周日播出的《面对全国》（与玛格丽特·布伦南主持）采访中，蒂利斯表示，沃什“将不得不决定是否愿意继续这一进程，因为，我相信你知道，一旦提名人被提名，他在商业生活中能做的事情就会受到某些限制。”
蒂利斯重申，在司法部对鲍威尔的调查解决之前，他“无意”支持任何美联储理事会提名人的确认。这包括对沃什的确认，特朗普上月宣布沃什是他接替鲍威尔担任美联储主席的人选。
参议员上月表示，沃什是一位“合格的提名人，对货币政策有深刻理解”，但他再次强调，在对鲍威尔的调查结束前，他将反对任何美联储提名人的确认。
“保护美联储免受政治干预或法律恐吓的独立性是不可谈判的，”蒂利斯在X平台（原推特）的帖子中写道。
在接受《面对全国》采访时，这位北卡罗来纳州共和党人还尖锐批评了由让娜·皮罗领导的华盛顿特区美国检察官办公室对鲍威尔的调查。美联储主席上月透露，美联储已收到司法部的大陪审团传票，他称这威胁到可能因鲍威尔2025年6月向参议院银行委员会关于美联储总部多年翻新项目的证词而面临刑事起诉。
“我认为我们有一位怀揣梦想的年轻美国检察官试图引起总统的注意，甚至没有与政府和司法部的高层磋商，做了一些他们可能认为能获得好评的事情，”他说，“这并不可爱。”
皮罗曾担任纽约州威彻斯特县地方检察官，在特朗普任命她担任华盛顿特区最高联邦检察官之前，她是福克斯新闻主持人。她说，她的办公室“多次”联系美联储讨论翻新项目的成本超支和鲍威尔的证词，但在检察官被“忽视”后才转向法律程序。美联储是自收自支机构，不属于国会拨款流程，因此纳税人的钱不会用于翻新工程。
“‘起诉’这个词是鲍威尔先生口中说出来的，不是其他人。如果他们只是回应我们的沟通，这一切都不会发生，”她上月在社交媒体上写道。“我们办公室的决策基于是非曲直，仅此而已。我们同意美联储主席的观点，即任何人都不能凌驾于法律之上，这就是为什么我们期望他全面配合。”
几位共和党人加入了蒂利斯的行列，批评对鲍威尔的调查，并反驳了他在作证时犯罪的说法。南卡罗来纳州共和党人、参议院银行委员会主席蒂姆·斯科特本月早些时候告诉福克斯商业频道，虽然他认为鲍威尔“判断严重失误”且未为听证会做好准备，但“我不相信他犯了罪。”
与此同时，蒂利斯表示，检察官应该倾听共和党人关于他们认为鲍威尔没有犯罪意图的意见。
“更重要的是，检察官应该明白，通常的程序是由委员会主席或成员提出‘我们认为这里犯了罪’的建议，”他说，“我们现在有一个犯罪现场，有七名共和党成员表示没有犯罪发生。这有什么难理解的？”
财政部长斯科特·贝森特周五早些时候告诉CNBC，他相信银行委员会将推进对沃什的确认听证会。作为小组委员会主席，斯科特有权决定是否举行确认听证会，蒂利斯表示，但作为委员会成员，他可以自行决定是否阻挠沃什的提名。
“我能做的决定是是否允许进行草案审议，如果允许的话，我如何投票，”蒂利斯说，“我现在的立场是，在问题解决之前，我投反对票。”
特朗普经常就美联储利率相关决策攻击鲍威尔，并称他“不诚实”和“无能”。总统在第一任期内任命鲍威尔担任美联储主席，他的任期将于5月结束。然而，鲍威尔作为美联储理事的任期要到2028年才到期，尽管他可能提前离职。
虽然特朗普宣布沃什是他接替鲍威尔担任美联储主席的人选，但提名尚未提交给参议院。
Tillis suggests Warsh faces long Fed chair nomination process that could restrict his business life
February 13, 2026 / 4:27 PM EST / CBS News
Washington — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said Friday that Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, will have to decide whether he would like to proceed with his nomination process because of potential impacts to his business life amid the senator’s pledge to oppose the confirmation of any nominee to the central bank until the Justice Department resolves its investigation into Chairman Jerome Powell.
In an interview with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” set to air Sunday, Tillis said Warsh “is going to have to decide whether or not he wants to go through with this, because, as I’m sure you know, once the nominee is put forward, there are certain restrictions on what he can do in his business life.”
Tillis reiterated that he has “no intention” of supporting the confirmation of any nominee to the Fed Board until the Justice Department’s investigation into Powell is resolved. That would include the confirmation of Warsh, whom Mr. Trump announced last month as his pick to succeed Powell as Fed chair.
The senator said last month that Warsh is a “qualified nominee with a deep understanding of monetary policy,” but repeated his position that he would oppose the confirmation of any Fed nominee until the inquiry into Powell ends.
“Protecting the independence of the Federal Reserve from political interference or legal intimidation is non-negotiable,” Tillis wrote in a post on X.
In his interview with “Face the Nation,” the North Carolina Republican also sharply criticized the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia, led by Jeanine Pirro, for the investigation into Powell. The Fed chair revealed last month that the central bank had received grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department, which he said threatened a criminal indictment stemming from Powell’s June 2025 testimony to the Senate Banking Committee about a multi-year project to renovate the Fed’s headquarters.
“I think we had a young U.S. attorney with a dream trying to get the president’s attention, not even consulting with the administration and big DOJ on something that maybe they thought they’d get brownie points for,” he said. “It’s not cute.”
Pirro served as the Westchester County, New York, district attorney and was a Fox News host before Mr. Trump tapped her to serve as the top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia. She said her office contacted the Fed on “multiple occasions” to discuss cost overruns related to the renovation and Powell’s testimony, but turned to the legal process when prosecutors were “ignored.” The Fed is self-funded and is not part of the congressional appropriations process, so taxpayer dollars are not being used for the renovation.
“The word ‘indictment’ has come out of Mr. Powell’s mouth, no one else’s. None of this would have happened if they had just responded to our outreach,” she wrote on social media last month. “This office makes decisions based on the merits, nothing more and nothing less. We agree with the chairman of the Federal Reserve that no one is above the law, and that is why we expect his full cooperation.”
Several Republicans joined Tillis in criticizing the investigation involving Powell and pushed back on the notion that he had committed a crime while testifying. Sen. Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican who chairs the Banking Committee, told Fox Business earlier this month that while he thinks Powell made a “gross error in judgment” and wasn’t prepared for the hearing, “I do not believe that he committed a crime.”
Tillis, meanwhile, said prosecutors should listen to Republicans who said they don’t believe Powell acted with criminal intent.
“More importantly, the prosecutor should understand that the protocol normally would be a referral from the chair or a member of the committee to say, ‘we think a crime was committed here,’” he said. “We’ve got a crime scene where seven Republican members say no crime was committed. How hard is that to understand?”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC earlier Friday that he believes the Banking Committee will move forward with a confirmation hearing for Warsh. The decision to hold a confirmation hearing rests with Scott as the panel’s chair, Tillis said, though as a committee member, he gets to decide for himself whether to block Warsh’s nomination.
“The decision I get to make is whether or not I allow a markup, and if I do allow a markup, how I vote,” Tillis said. “And I’m saying that until the matter is solved, I’m a no.”
Mr. Trump frequently attacks Powell over the Fed’s decisions related to interest rates and has called him “crooked” and “incompetent.” The president tapped Powell for chair of the Fed Board during his first term, and his tenure in that role is set to end in May. Powell’s term as a Fed governor, however, is not up until 2028, though he could step down sooner.
While Mr. Trump announced Warsh as his pick to follow Powell as Fed chair, the nomination has not yet been sent to the Senate.
