'Public Service Sometimes Requires Standing Firm in the Face of Threats'

Monday, January 12, 2026

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell took to social media tonight to announce that his office has been subpoenaed in a criminal probe that is an attempt to pressure the Federal Reserve to do the presidents bidding. "The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President," Powell said. "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions -- or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."

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-- Federal Reserve (@federalreserve.gov) Jan 11, 2026 at 7:35 PM

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Lawfare Jeffy, you ------- gutless ----.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-11 08:04 PM | Reply

Anyone who demonstrates competence in their job is a threat to the Republican Administration.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-11 08:14 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"whether Mr. Powell lied to Congress about the scope of the project"

Isn't that a thing for Congress to investigate?

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-11 08:22 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Purposefully tanking the economy in violation of his fiduciary duties just to undermine Trump.

#4 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-11 08:56 PM | Reply | Funny: 4 | Newsworthy 1

Purposefully tanking the economy in violation of his fiduciary duties just to undermine Trump.

#1 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

STFU you pathetic piece of cultist s%*^.

#5 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-11 09:10 PM | Reply

" STFU you pathetic piece of cultist s%*^.

#2 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2026-01-11 09:10 PM | REPLY | FLAG:"

Cultist. *drink*

#6 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-11 09:13 PM | Reply | Funny: 3

You have a different opinion, JPW?

#7 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-11 09:16 PM | Reply

Ballwasher being a stupid piece of unAmerican s^*%.

*drink*

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-11 09:22 PM | Reply

Yeah, they ran it based on data as they would have no matter who was potus.

It's f^*%ing pathetic how you sycophantic morons always think Trump is a victim.

#9 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-11 09:23 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Visitor is all for, "political pressure or intimidation," rather than evidence and economic conditions.

Because he's a good little cultist.

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-11 09:24 PM | Reply

And like it or not, ballwasher, you maga fools act 100% like a cult.

Look up every characteristic and it matches.

#11 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-11 09:32 PM | Reply

" Ballwasher being a stupid piece of unAmerican s^*%.

*drink*

#5 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2026-01-11 09:22 PM | FLAG: "

Mocking you for overusing the word "cultist" makes me unamerican? Oh, okay. That makes total sense. /s

#12 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-11 09:32 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

" And like it or not, ballwasher, you maga fools act 100% like a cult.

Look up every characteristic and it matches.

#8 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2026-01-11 09:32 PM | FLAG: "

Uh huh. You live in an informational bubble. I do not. Look in the mirror.

#13 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-11 09:33 PM | Reply | Funny: 3

Well, if there's one thing the Felon in Chief knows...

#14 | Posted by censored at 2026-01-11 09:33 PM | Reply

If Trump gets what he wants it would be short term gain followed by medium term crash. So once the new chair comes in, lock in those short term gains and use it to buy your own underground Topeka. Who cares what's happening if I got mine.

#15 | Posted by Duckman at 2026-01-11 09:47 PM | Reply

Explaining the Trump loyalty cult phenomenon

theloop.ecpr.eu

#16 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-11 09:50 PM | Reply

#10

Just ---- off you fat, bald gutless cowardly ----. You're nothing. Period.

#17 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-11 10:16 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Purposefully tanking the economy
#1 | Posted by visitor_

That can't be it.
Republicans keep telling us the economy is doing great.

#18 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-11 10:26 PM | Reply

Uh huh. You live in an informational bubble. I do not. Look in the mirror.
#10 | Posted by BellRinger

Who won the 2020 election?
Is Trump's action in Venezuela legal under the UN Charter?

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-11 10:38 PM | Reply

Who tried to illegally overturn the 2020 election?

Are Trump's economic policies growing jobs? Or was there a 70 percent decrease last year from 2024?

Inquiring minds.

#20 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-11 10:46 PM | Reply

You live in an informational bubble. I do not.
#10 | Posted by BellRinger

Who pays tariffs?
Is a tariff increase a tax increase?

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-11 11:06 PM | Reply

Mocking you for overusing the word "cultist" makes me unamerican? Oh, okay. That makes total sense. /s

#9 | Posted by BellRinger

You're unAmerican because you continue to ignore everything that is going on to squabble with folks you view as being "the other side."

#22 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-11 11:07 PM | Reply

Uh huh. You live in an informational bubble. I do not. Look in the mirror.

#10 | Posted by BellRinger

LOL this from the stupid f*&^ who thinks the National Review and Jonathon Turley are good sources.

You're a fool. Always have been.

#23 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-11 11:07 PM | Reply

"LOL this from the stupid f*&^ who thinks the National Review and Jonathon Turley are good sources."

They are good sources, in conjunction with other sources - that whole diversification thing that you cannot even abide, much less consider.

"You're unAmerican because you continue to ignore everything that is going on to squabble with folks you view as being "the other side."

#18 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-11 11:07 PM "

How am I expected to take this: "&#(W&%(*#%&($*%&Q" seriously?

#24 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-11 11:18 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

that whole diversification thing that you cannot even abide, much less consider.

I do have diverse sources.

They just not s(*& like National Review and Jonathon Turley.

How am I expected to take this: "&#(W&%(*#%&($*%&Q" seriously?

#20 | Posted by BellRinger

Nobody expected you to be smart enough to take anything seriously.

Just as you're incapable of discerning good information from bad.

And you continue to be incapable of discerning fascist behavior from merely bad behavior.

#25 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-11 11:21 PM | Reply

So the Judge that couldn't indict a breaded goods terrorist in 4 attempts is on the job! Maybe she should look into the dufus that appointed Powell.

#26 | Posted by Scotty at 2026-01-11 11:37 PM | Reply

The U.S. attorney's office in the District of Columbia has opened a criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, over the central bank's renovation of its Washington headquarters

The necrotizing------------------- who razed the east wing of the White House is investigating Powell for a renovation project? Wine box Pirro is headed for another embarrassing loss.

#27 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-12 01:45 AM | Reply

Courage is always inspirational, and Powell really is a hero. Trump wants what is best for him and his economic gang.

#28 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-01-12 07:39 AM | Reply

My view, as an investment manager, is that Jay Powell has done a first-rate job steering the US Economy around the obstacles presented in the past five+ years. Week after week, talking heads stated that a recession was just around the corner, and all were proved wrong. The Fed did its best, given the state of the economy after February, 2020, when people were dropping like flies, and businesses were shutting down. We are where we are now because of the Trump effect on the economy, felt beginning in April, 2025. I predict this matter will blow up in Der Dotard's face, with the results being (1) open questioning of what is going on at the White House demolition zone, and (2) louder questioning of the location of the Epstein Files...

#29 | Posted by catdog at 2026-01-12 08:15 AM | Reply

Purposefully tanking the economy

That would be the person who put 25% - 200% tariffs on everything you fool.

#30 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-01-12 08:32 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

More like a tidy package of cult indoctrination, complete with a dash of Stockholm Syndrome.

#31 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-01-12 09:44 AM | Reply

Purposefully tanking the economy in violation of his fiduciary duties just to undermine Trump.

#4 | Posted by visitor_

Trump isn't going to be happy hearing you say the economy is in the tank. Just yesterday he was saying we have the "hottest" economy anywhere.
Which is it? Has Powell tanked the economy or is so hot?

#32 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-01-12 10:00 AM | Reply

Crazy how the cult members on this site ALWAYS think Trump, shown throughout his entire life as a grifting psychopath predator, is a victim. Classic Stockholm Syndrome.

"It's not TRUMP and his tariffs and his chaos and his incompetent Cabinet and his psychosis tanking the economy and the national social fabric, it's Jerome Powell!"

"It's not TRUMP and his tariffs and his chaos and his incompetent Cabinet and his psychosis tanking the economy and the national social fabric, it's Leftists!"

"It's not TRUMP and his tariffs and his chaos and his incompetent Cabinet and his psychosis tanking the economy and the national social fabric, it's the Deep State!"

"It's not TRUMP and his tariffs and his chaos and his incompetent Cabinet and his psychosis tanking the economy and the national social fabric, it's Hilary Clinton/Obama/Congressional democrats!"

#33 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-01-12 10:28 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

If not for the Fed dragging the economy down with high interest rates we'd all be millionaires and billionaires by now.

#34 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-12 11:04 AM | Reply

Who pays tariffs?
Is a tariff increase a tax increase?

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-11 11:06 PM | Reply

You said when the tariffs were enacted the economy would crash and we'd see hyper inflation. How did that work out?
When we took out Iran's nuclear facility you said it would lead to WW3. How did that work out?

In other words you are wrong more than you are right.

#35 | Posted by fishpaw at 2026-01-12 11:09 AM | Reply