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Questions & Help Mar 13, 2026 at 7:38 PM

Judge blocks subpoenas against Fed Chair Powell

Posted by Late_Curve1983

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/judge-blocks-subpoenas-against-fed-chair-powell-nbc-news-reports-2026-03-13/
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ptwonline Mar 13, 2026 +792
Listening to Jeanine Pirro rant about the decision. Jesus F****** Christ she is deranged. She ranted on and on how she would prosecute "any case" where she saw anything to suggest a crime, even if just to be sure there wasn't one...and I wanted a reporter to ask then why she hasn't investigated Trump over Epstein connections just to see if she would spontaneously combust.
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arbit23 Mar 13, 2026 +175
Good one. Perfect question for all law and order maga
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rainbowgeoff Mar 13, 2026 +113
State ethics bars across the country require prosecutors not pursue a case if they don't have a good faith belief they can win it at an eventual trial. She flat out admitted she prosecutes the cases to find out if she can ***develop*** said good faith belief. Mere suggestion of illegality is not sufficient.
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Paizzu Mar 13, 2026 +38
The evidentiary standards for issuing subpoenas and obtaining warrants are weighed so heavily in the prosecution's favor they might as well be a blank check during normal operations. The fact that Pirro failed to obtain multiple grand jury indictments ("couldn't even indict the proverbial ham sandwich") for these political prosecutions speaks volumes about how they're operating in bad faith in service of Dear Leader.
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rainbowgeoff Mar 13, 2026 +8
Pirro: please give me a true bill on this lovely honey baked ham sandwich. Venire: we eat kosher!
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Chemical-Shallot-964 Mar 13, 2026 +59
Right, how many times did she say 'No one is above the law'
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Bombauer- Mar 13, 2026 +43
She is not competent. She doesn't even understand the ruling!
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hung-games Mar 13, 2026 +24
The defining characteristic of MAGA is that they don’t understand how anything works
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Lauma_2025 Mar 14, 2026 +6
Well, they understand how to steal from state coffers!
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bedrooms-ds Mar 13, 2026 +9
Maybe these people think everybody is guilty of some crime. That's an accusation that's a huge confession, although we knew about it more or less.
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Think_Perspective385 Mar 13, 2026 +6
She's auditioning to take over from Bondi
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YOSHIMIvPROBOTS Mar 14, 2026 +3
What's crazy is she would never take that tone or allege what she was saying in that presser if she, herself, was under oath. I'm just so over the insane level of blatant lying from this admin. People hedge, but this admin just lies their face off and it doesn't matter because they are just at a podium rather than in a witness box.
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edge_l_wonk Mar 13, 2026 +2
She would lie and say he's exonerated.  But I wish it was asked too.
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Spire_Citron Mar 13, 2026 +1
Yeah. That's purely an excuse to go after the cases she wants to even when they lack merit. Doesn't apply to anything she doesn't want to pursue, of course.
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lew_rong Mar 14, 2026 +1
This would explain why she's having trouble getting a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.
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Lauma_2025 Mar 14, 2026 +1
A great pity journalism as an institution is too weak to challenge the Trump regime directly to their faces
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Loggerdon Mar 14, 2026 +1
What a phony Pirro is. All mouth and no brains.
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gobrewers112 Mar 13, 2026 +240
WE ARE SO F****** COOKED WHEN HIS TERM ENDS IN MAY. Be ready for the greatest recession in american history.
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i_suckatjavascript Mar 13, 2026 +61
I’m thinking about selling my stocks before his term is over
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NotARaptorGuys Mar 13, 2026 +68
They're going to cut rates, which will turbocharge inflation. In general, it's better to hold assets than cash in a period of high inflation. Just my two cents.
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gobrewers112 Mar 13, 2026 +14
I guess it would depend on if you need maximum liquid assets right now or near future because things are going to go shit in the short term/medium term/potentially longterm
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CharcoalGreyWolf Mar 13, 2026 +7
Precious metals tends to do well
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JuicedRacingTwitch Mar 14, 2026 +1
Anything not cash will do well.
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-_-0_0-_0 Mar 13, 2026 +2
Problem is, if everything goes to shit. Taxes go up and ppl drop real estate setting off domino effect.
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JuicedRacingTwitch Mar 14, 2026 +1
Market conditions have nothing to do with tax rates.
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JuicedRacingTwitch Mar 14, 2026 +1
Bingo, there is no recession coming just richer people getting richer.
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gobrewers112 Mar 13, 2026 +8
Depends on when you are planning on retiring, but might not be the worst thing to do . At least changing to more stable investment
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LaunchTransient Mar 13, 2026 +29
Between this, the absolute diplomatic pipebomb Trump set off among US allies and the War in Iran, I'm wondering what state the US is going to be in by 2028. Remember, we have ***3 more years of this.***
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gobrewers112 Mar 13, 2026 +28
If he is in power 3 more years, there is just no coming back. Too much infrastructure, environment, and financial devastation.
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MadRaymer Mar 14, 2026 +10
Have you seen his public appearances lately? I don't think we actually have 3 more years of this. Not sure Vance is going to be an improvement though.
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LaunchTransient Mar 14, 2026 +11
I don't know. I feel we're in the darkest time line where Trump hangs on, preserved and pickeled by pure spite and malice.
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Venusgate Mar 14, 2026 +3
Vance is not trump 2.0 They will try, but you can not fake trump. For better or worse.
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SryInternet101 Mar 13, 2026 +7
Great Depression 2: Electric Boogaloo
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gobrewers112 Mar 13, 2026 +4
Seriously. Feel like a doomsday prepper these days, but stocking up on food, water, batteries, supplies
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SryInternet101 Mar 13, 2026 +2
I might have to start doing the same.
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gobrewers112 Mar 13, 2026 +1
I cant imagine my family going hungry, so have been gradually building supply since trump took office
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SarahArabic2 Mar 13, 2026 +2
… so far
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yellowhelix Mar 14, 2026 +2
JP doesn’t get to choose the rate and the chair member that replaces him will not either. I don’t expect any wild swings in the interest rates once he leaves. The fed has been pretty aligned in their voting. Fortunately the 12 members of the Fed committee each only have 1 vote preventing a takeover by whoever succeeds JP and making changes at the whim of the president.  Not saying there wont be any chaos with the new fed chair, however it’s a lot harder to disrupt with the current rules in place. 
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gobrewers112 Mar 14, 2026 +3
It seems like the chair has the most sway though in the committee? Why would trumper dumper want him out so much then?
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catjpg Mar 14, 2026 +5
I think that is true, however Trump tends to fixate his ire on an idea/person regardless of logic.
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gobrewers112 Mar 14, 2026 +3
True. I truly think he is going to try to end the world if he can’t have everything. He is that sociopathic.
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yellowhelix Mar 14, 2026 +2
He will probably figure out someway to blame JP for the situation as the economy continues to struggle, even after Powell has long left the fed. 
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FootballBackground88 Mar 14, 2026 +1
Well he still blames Biden so
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deviltrombone Mar 13, 2026 +1138
Countdown to the judge's family being threatened by that orange *thing* starts in 3, 2, ...
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TheWorclown Mar 13, 2026 +209
We’re past the stage of threatening now, we just have ICE showing up at this judge’s courthouse.
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DGlen Mar 13, 2026 +66
I saw a thing where judges were being sent pizzas they didn't order, under the name of a judges kid that was killed by someone posing as a delivery person.
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All_Hail_Hynotoad Mar 13, 2026 +56
So sick of death threats being the default response to any result that doesn’t favor the orange dolt. These people are truly pathetic.
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NickCostanza Mar 13, 2026 +147
Good that some judges still uphold the law.
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Lucius-Halthier Mar 13, 2026 +37
Watch them go to “judge” cannon
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Beldaru Mar 13, 2026 +11
As opposed to deferring to "executive authority" as the Supreme Court seems to do. 
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Temp89 Mar 13, 2026 +70
>"The Government has produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime; indeed, its justifications are so thin and unsubstantiated that the Court can only conclude ​that they are pretextual," \[the judge\] wrote. If the judge themselves is saying the government made up the case to attack an official, can those responsible be punished for it? Sanction the prosecutors? Anything?
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poplglop Mar 13, 2026 +47
JPOW ain't fuckin leaving!
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Rac3318 Mar 13, 2026 +29
He’ll probably stay on the board. No indication he will leave once his term as chair ends
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denNISI Mar 13, 2026 -1
Think he is retiring.
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MovingTargetPractice Mar 13, 2026 +22
in the same way Trump suggests he'll run for a 3rd term, maybe Powell should just say he's going to have a second 10yr run and just declare himself chair
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Necessary_Extent1326 Mar 14, 2026 +2
Powell became the sexiest American male when he nonchalantly and with integrity shook his head at Trump!s “evidence “. He did it naturally because he is not deceitful
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Ambitious-Bee7663 Mar 13, 2026 +2
This is typical scumbag trump behavior. Wait, there is going to be more [trumpness](https://imgur.com/QvgKYta) to come
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IBlueMyselfAllOver Mar 14, 2026 +1
Count down to the judges house being burned down.
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Ok-Following-7591 Mar 14, 2026 +1
The way certain media figures are spinning this is genuinely unhinged. It's terrifying to think about the economic chaos that could be unleashed if this kind of pressure becomes the norm.
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