{"id":5706,"date":"2026-09-30T19:41:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=5706"},"modified":"2026-09-30T19:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:41:30","slug":"inspector-general-finds-no-misconduct-in-federal-reserve-renovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=5706","title":{"rendered":"Inspector general finds no misconduct in Federal Reserve renovations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\u2018The Big Money Show\u2019 panel sounds off on Jerome Powell\u2019s decision to stay at the Federal Reserve, as tensions rise with President Donald Trump and incoming Chair Kevin Warsh over interest rate policy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The inspector general&#8217;s investigation into the Federal Reserve&#8217;s costly renovation project determined that there was no administrative misconduct after the cost overruns prompted an investigation of former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell amid criticism from President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Inspector General for the\u00a0<u>Federal Reserve&#8217;s<\/u> Board of Governors began investigating the cost overruns at Powell&#8217;s request in July 2025. Powell, then the Fed chair, disclosed in January that the Department of Justice opened a criminal probe into his June 2025 testimony before Congress about the renovation project. The U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office closed the investigation in April as the inspector general continued its probe into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At no point during our evaluation did we find reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of federal criminal law had occurred requiring a referral to the U.S. Attorney General in accordance with the Inspector General Act,&#8221; the IG report states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Further, while our report outlines deficiencies in the management of the renovation project, resulting in our recommended corrective actions in accordance with the Inspector General Act, we did not identify administrative misconduct during our evaluation,&#8221; the report added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>POWELL SAYS HE&#8217;LL STAY ON FED BOARD AFTER CHAIRMANSHIP ENDS BUT WON&#8217;T BE A &#8216;SHADOW FED CHAIR&#8217;<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/343\/192\/trump-powell-fed-visit-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/686\/384\/trump-powell-fed-visit-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/672\/378\/trump-powell-fed-visit-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1344\/756\/trump-powell-fed-visit-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/931\/523\/trump-powell-fed-visit-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1862\/1046\/trump-powell-fed-visit-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/720\/405\/trump-powell-fed-visit-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1440\/810\/trump-powell-fed-visit-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/931\/523\/trump-powell-fed-visit-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Trump and Powell on a tour of the Fed building\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>The inspector general found no administrative misconduct in the management of the Federal Reserve&#8217;s renovation project after then-Fed Chair Jerome Powell was criticized by President Donald Trump.<\/span><span> (Kent Nishimura\/Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President\u00a0<u>Donald Trump<\/u> repeatedly criticized Powell over the project last year, accusing him of &#8220;gross incompetence&#8221; and threatening to sue the Fed leader at the time. The president also said he was considering firing Powell over the project and urged him to resign, while also calling on the central bank to cut interest rates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Inspector #general #finds #misconduct #Federal #Reserve #renovations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018The Big Money Show\u2019 panel sou&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[419,1377,5977,8782,4840,8783,5696],"class_list":["post-5706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","tag-federal","tag-finds","tag-general","tag-inspector","tag-misconduct","tag-renovations","tag-reserve"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Inspector general finds no misconduct in Federal Reserve renovations - 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