Trump Suggests He’d Be Open to Alternative Probe of Fed’s Powell

President Donald Trump said that he’d be open to alternative ways to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, potentially offering an off-ramp to a current legal battle that is holding up the confirmation of the president’s new pick to lead the central bank, according to news outlet Semafor.

Trump, in response to a question about whether someone outside the Justice Department could investigate Powell and the cost of renovations at the central bank, said “[They] could. I mean, look, it’s pretty easy,” Semafor reported.

It’s not yet clear if shifting the current investigation from the DOJ to an alternative ...