{"id":308915,"date":"2026-01-12T15:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-federal-reserve-chair-says-doj-has-threatened-criminal-indictment\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:00:34","slug":"us-federal-reserve-chair-says-doj-has-threatened-criminal-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-federal-reserve-chair-says-doj-has-threatened-criminal-indictment\/","title":{"rendered":"US Federal Reserve chair says DOJ has threatened criminal indictment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/o99mxr6bc5c\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"US Federal Reserve chair says DOJ has threatened criminal indictment\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o99mxr6bc5c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Jerome Powell said on Sunday that the Department of Justice had threatened him with a criminal indictment and served grand jury subpoenas over Congressional testimony he gave last summer regarding a Federal Reserve building renovation project. 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