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Federal Reserve watchdog finds no criminal violations for building renovation cost overruns

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The Guardian – World
“Federal Reserve watchdog finds no criminal violations for building renovation cost overruns”

Trump criticized $2.4bn rehab amid attempts to pressure then Fed chair Jerome Powell into lowering interest rates The Federal Reserve ’s internal watchdog said on Wednesday that the agency has broadly mismanaged an expansive building renovation project but did not find any criminal violations, as alleged by Trump administration prosecutors. The Fed’s inspector general said that a variety of missteps by its board of governors inflated the cost of the $2.4bn renovation. The board did not secure a…

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Al Jazeera English
“US Fed watchdog finds no criminal wrongdoing in Powell-era renovation costs”

The renovation costs became a focus of Trump’s pressure campaign against former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

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