DOJ drops Fed chair probe to cap a busy week in politics
4/24/202627 min
It was another busy week in politics. We discuss the Justice Department’s decision to drop its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, the status of negotiations over funding for the still-shut-down Department of Homeland Security, Congress and cabinet members who left their positions, and more.
This episode: senior political correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional reporter Sam Gringlas, and White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez.
This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye.
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Tamara Keith· Host0:20
[upbeat music] Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamara Keith, I cover politics.
Sam Gringlas· Co-host0:27
I'm Sam Greenglass, I cover Congress.
Franco Ordoñez· Co-host0:29
And I'm Franco Ordonez, I cover the White House.
Tamara Keith· Host0:31
And it is time for our Friday news roundup, where we tackle some of the other news of the week, and there is a lot of it. Franco, there was some intriguing news this morning from the Justice Department. The department signaled it was dropping its investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the Fed's renovation costs in recent years. Uh, this was something that President Trump had pushed for- Yeah ... some time, wouldn't back down from saying this should be investigated, and now the Justice Department is stepping back. Uh, what do we know about this decision?
Franco Ordoñez· Co-host1:08
Yeah, Trump never has seemed to let off on the gas on this one at all. I mean, it's really... The decision's really quite a turnaround. I mean, Jesselyn Radack, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, she said she actually directed her office to close the investigation of the Federal Reserve and the chair, Powell, of course. You know, she cited this inspector general's office is now gonna be kind