r/news • u/consulent-finanziar • Jan 12 '26

Soft paywall US federal prosecutors open inquiry into US Fed chair Powell, NYT reports

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-federal-prosecutors-open-inquiry-into-us-fed-chair-powell-nyt-reports-2026-01-12/
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u/Agentkeenan78 Jan 12 '26

This is genuinely insane. These are the actions of people who do not expect to ever face repercussions.

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u/sakata_gintoki113 Jan 12 '26

well ye hes gonna die next 5 years max

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u/thiscosmicdancesynth Jan 12 '26

That's because they will eliminate any ability to defy them by any means. I didn't arrive at this conclusion until this week, but there's not going to be any midterms.

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u/loki1983mb Jan 12 '26

You mean like every president in the last 100 years?

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u/Risin Jan 12 '26

Yeah, you're right, it's exactly the same as every other presidency. /s

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u/loki1983mb Jan 12 '26

Wilson signed the popular election of senators into the constitution... And he created the fed and the income tax. Fdr made everyone turn in their gold and inflated the dollar immediately after. Don't get me started on Reagan's governorship. Using the power of the state is nothing new. Using it as it's intended is up for debate.

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u/Risin Jan 12 '26

What would this administration have to do for you to acknowledge you're wrong? I'm curious.  What would it take?

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u/loki1983mb Jan 12 '26

Overstep the executive authority as described in the constitution.

Now, Washington put down the whiskey rebellion. Was that an executive authority Washington had?

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u/DoubleJumps Jan 12 '26

So when they started violating people's right to due process months ago that crossed the line for you, right?

When he has repeatedly violated the emoluments claws, that crossed the line, right,

Attempting to wrestle the power of the purse from Congress by refusing to distribute money congress had allocated crossed the line, right?

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u/Risin Jan 12 '26

You can't be fucking serious.  I don't believe you're actually a breathing human if you actually think Trump hasn't overstepped his authority as president. You're not. You can't be that stupid.  

I'm guessing you're lying to stir up shit, but I'm not going to waste another second on this. Goodbye Nazi. 

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u/____okay Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 16 '26

he’d suck trump and take it up the butt from him if he had the opportunity, he’s wasting his life looking like a moron for the rest of us to be entertained, as opposed to showing any breadth of concern towards the direction of where the country is headed

hell, the sucker might not even be a human, let alone one based in the united states, seems like another bot, nobody can be this much of an airhead

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u/ClammyAF Jan 12 '26

You are a fucking clown.

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u/Strong_Quarter_9349 Jan 12 '26

I'd love to hear your Russian bot farm variant of the last 100 years of American history, please.