White House's Leavitt: Trump did not direct DOJ officials to investigate Fed Chair Powell

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 01/12/26 01:27 PM EST

WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump did not direct ?Justice Department officials ?to investigate Federal Reserve ?Chair Jerome ?Powell, ?White House press secretary Karoline ?Leavitt ?said on Monday.

"No," Leavitt told ?reporters ?outside ?the White House when asked if Trump, a ?longtime critic of Powell, directed the probe into whether Powell ?misled ?Congress in ?testimony related to ?a renovation of the Fed's headquarters complex in Washington. (Reporting by Steve Holland ?and Kat Jackson; Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing ?by Chris Reese)

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