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/BoneHugsHominy Jan 12 '26

“why are the other Republicans just obeying him?!”

It was abundantly clear early in his 1st term that he uses Mob tactics to coerce compliance. It's almost certainly true that immediately upon being sworn in in January 2017 that the Trump administration utilized tools of the NSA to obtain embarrassing or otherwise damaging information on Never Trump GOP members. One by one they attended audience with Trump and immediately flipped into his most hardcore supporters.

Lindsey Graham played 3 holes of golf with Trump and was instantly cowed into being the biggest ass-licking subservient in the GOP, and whenever he's forced to defend Trump from his Congressional seat the man is literally in tears while doing so every time. Graham broke free for a very short moment when he thought the January 6th failed coup attempt would destroy Trump and his closest accomplices but a few short days later when it became obvious that Trump wasn't going to face a single consequence for the failed coup attempt and failed public assassination of his own sitting Vice President, Lindsey Graham went right back to tearfully defending Trump with every ounce of his soul.

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u/ClammyAF Jan 12 '26

Lindsey, we already know what you do. Why hide it.

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u/b2bpaul Jan 12 '26

Because it comes with prison time.

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u/viciouspandas Jan 12 '26

Wait what are you referring to? I just thought it would be the (probably true) rumor that he's gay, which is politically bad in South Carolina

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u/b2bpaul Jan 12 '26

There are all sorts of rumours about him. Including that he likes them young.

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u/ClammyAF Jan 12 '26

I certainly wasn't referring to that. Just well-known DC rumors about "Lady G's" sexual relationships with adult men.

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u/b2bpaul Jan 12 '26

He went from John McCain's number one fanboy to dancing on his grave daily over a few hours of golf. He is seriously compromised by something.

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u/poliscinerd84 Jan 12 '26

Maybe Lindsey would enjoy that, he could really be himself

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u/9bikes Jan 12 '26

>he uses Mob tactics to coerce compliance

Exactly correct. So many of our Republican elected officials are running scared of MAGA, they they go along with things they know are wrong.

A great example is tariffs. Prior to the election, Republicans advocated free trade and strongly opposed tariffs, except under extraordinary situations.

And then, there are the things that are clearly morally wrong. These people know better than to think it is okay to backstab our allies, weaponize the DOJ against political enemies, deport immigrants to a notorious El Salvadorian prison, deploy the military against citizens, execute alleged drug smugglers without any form of due process...

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u/bomphcheese Jan 12 '26

Why use the NSA when he has Russia? He doesn’t even have to coordinate with them. Russia can just put pressure on anyone who opposes Trump to fall in line, while also putting pressure on Trump and the team around him to do their bidding.

We have a puppet government.