{"id":402147,"date":"2026-01-12T02:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/402147\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T02:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:19:07","slug":"us-federal-prosecutors-open-inquiry-into-us-fed-chair-powell-nyt-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/402147\/","title":{"rendered":"US federal prosecutors open inquiry into US Fed chair Powell, NYT reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan 11 (Reuters) &#8211; The U.S. attorney&#8217;s office in the District of Columbia has opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell over the central bank&#8217;s renovation of its Washington headquarters and whether Powell lied to Congress about the scope of the project, the New York Times reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry, which includes an analysis of Powell&#8217;s public statements and an examination of spending records, was approved in November by Attorney Jeanine Pirro, the NYT reported citing officials briefed on the situation.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> Sign up  <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-federal-prosecutors-open-inquiry-into-us-fed-chair-powell-nyt-reports-2026-01-12\/undefined?location=article-paragraph&amp;redirectUrl=%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fus-federal-prosecutors-open-inquiry-into-us-fed-chair-powell-nyt-reports-2026-01-12%2F\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"SignOff\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 sign-off-module__text__LQAMP\">Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; 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