{"id":41301,"date":"2026-04-04T22:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T22:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=41301"},"modified":"2026-04-04T22:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T22:03:12","slug":"judge-rejects-doj-bid-to-unblock-subpoenas-targeting-feds-jerome-powell-in-biting-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=41301","title":{"rendered":"Judge rejects DOJ bid to unblock subpoenas targeting Fed’s Jerome Powell in biting opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A US district judge on Friday denied the Trump administration\u2019s request to reconsider the legality of two subpoenas targeting the Federal Reserve, after he blocked them last month.<\/p>\n

In a biting six-page opinion<\/a>, US District Judge James Boasberg wrote that the government had failed to provide any new evidence or identify any error in his March ruling.<\/p>\n

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is part of a criminal investigation into the Fed\u2019s headquarters renovation. Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The chief judge of Washington\u2019s federal trial court wrote that the government\u2019s \u201ccursory brief\u201d does \u201cnot come close to convincing the Court that a different outcome is warranted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month, US Attorney Jeanine Pirro appealed<\/a> the initial ruling, which blocked two subpoenas seeking Federal Reserve records relevant to a criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell and the central bank\u2019s over-budget headquarters renovation.<\/p>\n

In the motion to reconsider, Pirro\u2019s office argued that Boasberg was limiting their authority to seek evidence of a crime by blocking the subpoenas.<\/p>\n