Well, President Trump, you may remember, went hard after the chairman of the Federal Reserve, trying to get him to lower interest rates. He went again and again and again after Jerome Powell, the head of the Fed, and eventually President Trump... launched a pretty bogus investigation, a criminal investigation of Jerome Powell. because he couldn't get him to do what he wanted and lower those interest rates. Now, on its face, it seems like this is obvious. (01:18–02:29)
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Asserts that President Trump launched a baseless criminal investigation of Jerome Powell.
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