Pirro's losses in Fed investigation should stay on the books, judge rules
In a scathing ruling, Judge James Boasberg denied U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro's request to vacate his earlier orders.
TL;DR
- A federal judge denied a prosecutor's request to vacate earlier rulings that went against the government in an investigation into former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
- The judge found the investigation was intended, at least in part, to harass and pressure Powell on behalf of the president.
- The prosecutor's attempt to erase the legal losses was denied to preserve legal precedents.
- The investigation was eventually closed, but the prosecutor indicated it could be reopened.
- The judge drew on public statements from the prosecutor and the president as evidence.