Thom Tillis on April 26 said he welcomed the end of a criminal probe into the sitting chair of the Federal Reserve, and was prepared to endorse the nomination of Kevin Warsh to fill that role.
Thom Tillis of North Carolina removes a big hurdle to Trump's effort to install Kevin Warsh, a former high-ranking Fed official, in the job in place of JeromePowell, long under White House pressure to lower interest rates.
Tillis said this is a fight over whether the DOJ was being used to scare the central bank, and added that his decision likely gives Kevin a fast road to confirmation before Powell’s chair term ends on May 15.
Senator Thom Tillis said he had received assurances from federal prosecutors that eased his concerns, setting the stage for a key committee vote on Kevin Warsh... .
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U.S. AttorneyJeanine Pirro said Friday her office is dropping its criminal investigation into Fed Chairman JeromePowell and the $2.5 billion renovation of the central bank's headquarters ... .