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Dave Goldiner @ Silicon Valley · today 11:14 EDT

Jerome Powell swings back after Trump DOJ launches criminal probe

The renewed attacks on the Fed and Powell’s counterpunches amount to a dramatic new skirmish in the battle between Trump and the chair he appointed in 2017.

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