Obviously, if the inspector general ultimately does not find any criminal wrongdoing, any evidence of criminal wrongdoing by Jerome Powell, will you commit that? You will not restart the investigation? Here's the bottom line. The reason that I made the decision to allow the inspector general to go forward with an investigation is because a federal judge, Judge Boasberg, made a decision that a perfectly legitimate subpoena should be quashed. and that I, as a prosecutor, cannot go into my own grand jury and present evidence when the United States Supreme Court has said I can present evidence based upon or open an investigation, suspicion and rumors. (11:17–11:31)
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Asserts that a federal judge quashed a legitimate subpoena, prompting an inspector general investigation.
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