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Tillis Gives Warsh Green Light After DOJ Drops Powell Inquiry

Tillis said he was prepared to support Warsh after the Justice Department said the Powell inquiry had ended.

Tillis Gives Warsh Green Light After DOJ Drops Powell Inquiry
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Sen. Thom Tillis said he is prepared to support Kevin Warsh’s confirmation as Federal Reserve chair after the Justice Department said it had ended its inquiry into Jerome Powell. Tillis had previously said he would block Fed nominees until the inquiry ended.

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Thom Tillis
R · NC · SEN

Senator whose support could clear a key obstacle to Kevin Warsh’s confirmation.

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President referenced in an embedded post about Tillis and Powell’s inquiry.

Kevin Warsh
Chair of the Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve chair nominee whose confirmation Tillis is prepared to support.

Current Federal Reserve chair whose inquiry was cited by Tillis as a condition for supporting nominees.

ALSO MENTIONED  Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney who said the Powell inquiry would be dropped.

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Tillis Backs Kevin Warsh’s Fed Chair Nomination After Powell Inquiry Ends

Outlets agree that Tillis said he would let Kevin Warsh’s nomination for Federal Reserve chair move forward after the Justice Department ended its investigation of Jerome Powell. Center outlets mainly treat Tillis’s move as a response to the inquiry’s end and explain how it advances Warsh’s confirmation. Right-leaning outlets also describe the move as clearing a path for Warsh, with some casting Tillis’s shift as delayed or a retreat.

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