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华盛顿电 — 一名联邦法官撤销了发给联邦储备委员会的两份大陪审团传票，称这些传票是美国检察官让娜·皮罗办公室刑事调查的一部分，而其目的仅仅是为了施压，迫使美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔投票支持降低利率或辞职。
“有大量证据表明，这些传票的主要（如果不是唯一）目的是骚扰和施压鲍威尔，要么让他屈服于总统，要么辞职并让一位愿意屈服的美联储主席取而代之。政府方面则完全没有提供任何证据表明鲍威尔除了惹总统不快之外犯有任何罪行。” 美国哥伦比亚特区联邦地区法院首席法官詹姆斯·博阿斯伯格在其3月11日签署、周五解密的裁决中写道。
“因此，法院必须得出结论，这些传票所声称的理由纯粹是借口。” 他补充道。
今年1月，鲍威尔透露，美联储已收到司法部的大陪审团传票，这是对他正在进行的刑事调查的一部分。
鲍威尔表示，传票威胁要就他2025年6月在参议院银行委员会作证的内容提起刑事诉讼。这位因拒绝迅速削减利率而招致特朗普总统不满的主席称，调查的核心是他对美联储办公楼多年翻修项目的评论。
截至目前，调查尚未导致任何刑事指控。
在裁决中，博阿斯伯格大量引用了特朗普总统的言论，并表示刑事调查背后的动机似乎是为了施压美联储降低利率。
“杰罗姆‘太慢’·鲍威尔又搞砸了！！！他太慢了，实际上，太愤怒、太愚蠢、太有政治倾向，根本不配担任美联储主席。” 博阿斯伯格引用总统在社交媒体帖子中的言论称。
“这至少是100种总统或其副手用来攻击美联储主席并施压其降低利率的言论之一。” 博阿斯伯格写道，并指出当施压失败后，总统转而呼吁罢免鲍威尔。
“因此，华盛顿特区美国检察官办公室最近对鲍威尔展开刑事调查也就不足为奇了。” 博阿斯伯格写道。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/republican-thom-tillis-doj-powell-investigation-not-cute/
Judge quashes subpoenas sent to Federal Reserve as part of Justice Department criminal probe
Updated on: March 13, 2026 / 3:32 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — A federal judge has quashed a pair of grand jury subpoenas sent to the Federal Reserve Board as part of a criminal probe by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office, saying they were merely a pretext to pressure Chairman Jerome Powell into voting for lower interest rates or resigning.
“There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell either to yield to the President or to resign and make way for a Fed Chair who will. On the other side of the scale, the Government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the President,” Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia wrote in his ruling, which was dated March 11 and unsealed on Friday.
“The Court must thus conclude that the asserted justifications for these subpoenas are mere pretexts,” he added.
In January, Powell revealed that the Federal Reserve had received grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into him.
The subpoenas threatened a criminal indictment related to Powell’s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee in June 2025, according to Powell. The chairman — who has drawn President Trump’s ire for declining to rapidly slash interest rates — said the probe centered on his comments about a years-long renovation project at the Federal Reserve’s office buildings.
The probe has not resulted in any criminal charges.
In his ruling, Boasberg heavily quoted Mr. Trump, and said the motivation behind the criminal probe appeared to be driven by his desire to pressure the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates.
“Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell has done it again!!! He is TOO LATE, and actually, TOO ANGRY, TOO STUPID, & TOO POLITICAL, to have the job of Fed Chair,” Boasberg cited the president as saying in a post on social media.
“That is one of at least 100 statements that the President or his deputies have made attacking the Chair of the Federal Reserve and pressuring him to lower interest rates,” Boasberg wrote, noting that when the pressure failed, he resorted to calling for Powell’s ouster instead.
“Perhaps it comes as no surprise, then, that the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office has recently opened a criminal investigation into Powell,” Boasberg wrote.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/republican-thom-tillis-doj-powell-investigation-not-cute/
