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A SHOCKING standoff is threatening to DERAIL the American economy, as a lone Republican senator is accused of holding the nation HOSTAGE to shield a top official from what the White House calls a ROUTINE investigation. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt launched a SCATHING attack on Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), branding his pledge to block President Trump’s new Federal Reserve chair nominee an act of ECONOMIC TERRORISM.
“This is MADNESS. One man’s political vendetta is putting EVERY American’s financial security at risk,” Leavitt declared on air, her voice dripping with outrage. The senator’ crime? Demanding the Department of Justice DROP its criminal probe into current Fed Chair Jerome Powell BEFORE he’ll confirm the “highly qualified” Trump pick, Kevin Warsh.
INSIDERS WHISPER: IS THIS A COVER-UP FOR POWELL?
Senator Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks to members of the media while arriving for a vote at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, 2026. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
But sources reveal a DARKER truth: Tillis claims the DOJ’s investigation into Powell—centered on whether he MISLED Congress about a multi-billion dollar headquarters renovation—is a politically motivated WITCH HUNT with “no reasonable” basis. Yet President Trump has DEFENDED the probe, insisting his own party “loves” it, despite warnings it looks like pure RETRIBUTION against the Fed chair for refusing to slash interest rates.
The stakes could not be higher. With the Fed’s leadership in limbo, the very INDEPENDENCE of America’s central bank—the guardian against runaway inflation and economic collapse—is now on the chopping block. Is this a principled stand for justice, or a DANGEROUS gambit that could ignite a financial crisis to protect one man?
THE FED’S FUTURE HANGS BY A THREAD
President Donald Trump defends the DOJ probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell during an interview on “CBS Evening News.” (Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein; Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
This unprecedented political warfare exposes the ROT at the heart of Washington: a supposedly independent institution is now a PAWN in a brutal power struggle, with your savings, your mortgage, and your job caught in the crossfire. As Leavitt framed it, this is a hostage situation where the ransom is the RULE OF LAW itself.
The question every American must ask tonight is terrifyingly simple: when the guardians of our economy are used as weapons in a political blood feud, who is left to protect YOU?
Fox News’ Leo Briceno contributed to this report.
Author: Kayitsi.com
