Backlash to criminal subpoena complicates Trump's efforts to oust Fed chair
The latest battlefront in the Justice Department's campaign to exact retribution on foes of President Donald Trump looks increasingly likely to have the opposite effect: Its criminal subpoena of Jerome H. Powell could actually make it harder for Trump to get rid of the Federal Reserve chairman he himself appointed and has come to despise.
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Politics could kneecap Fed's autonomy. But there's another, less-noticed threat.
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