Frustration mounts inside White House over Pirro's handling of Powell investigation

White House officials are heaping blame on DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro over her office’s criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, faulting her for blindsiding them with an inquiry that has forced the administration into a dayslong damage control campaign, four people familiar with the matter told CNN.

The emergence of the criminal probe earlier this week surprised and dismayed senior officials across the government. Inside the White House, officials scrambled to calm markets and reassure lawmakers and to put distance between President Donald Trump and the investigation, even though Trump himself had been one of Powell’s most strident critics.

Trump is hardly shy about trying to engineer criminal investigations of his political foes. But even against that backdrop, the investigation into Powell threw into disarray the White House’s plan to wait out the final months of his term in relative peace. It also raised concerns that Trump may now face obstacles in confirming a new, more malleable Fed chair that he sees as crucial to juicing his economic agenda.

Powell himself issued a remarkable statement confirming his office had received grand jury subpoenas and casting the probe as an attempt by Trump to pressure him to lower interest rates. Even Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told people he was frustrated by the move. Multiple Republican senators have also criticized the investigation, and one of them, Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, vowed to withhold his vote on any nominee to replace Powell for as long as the inquiry remains open.

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Meaning she wasn't effective enough.