Jerome Powell posted a video message on Sunday, addressing the nation. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images On Sunday evening, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell posted an unusual video message to the nation, revealing that the Trump administration opened a criminal investigation into him — ostensibly because of a dispute over renovations to a Federal Reserve building. In reality, this investigation is almost certainly a pretext seeking to hound Powell out of office. President Donald Trump has criticized Powell for not lowering interest rates as quickly as Trump would prefer, and he’s thr...

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