politics

April 15, 2026

Prosecutors from Jeanine Pirro's office tried to access Federal Reserve headquarters, but were turned away

April 14, 2026 / 10:25 PM EDT / CBS News

Prosecutors from Jeanine Pirro's office tried to access Federal Reserve headquarters, but were turned away

TL;DR

  • Prosecutors from Jeanine Pirro's office made an unannounced visit to the Federal Reserve's headquarters renovation site.
  • They were denied access to the site and directed to the Fed's legal team.
  • The visit is linked to an ongoing criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell concerning a costly renovation project.
  • Subpoenas issued to Powell in relation to his testimony about the renovation were previously quashed by a judge who found them to be a pretext.
  • The Federal Reserve's legal counsel, Robert Hur, stated that the prosecutors' interest in the project had been deemed pretextual by the court.