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WATCH: Fed Chair Powell Says He Won’t Step Down If Trump Asks For His Resignation

Critics slam Powell & question legality of move.

WATCH: Fed Chair Powell Says He Won’t Step Down If Trump Asks For His Resignation Image Credit: Kent Nishimura / Stringer / Getty
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Urgent message from Alex Jones:

Original article below.


Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell just said he would refuse to step down if President Trump asked for his resignation.

Powell delivered a resounding “no” when asked if he’d honor a resignation request from Trump during Thursday’s Federal Open Market Committee press conference:

REPORTER: “If [President Trump] asked you to leave, would you go?”
POWELL: “No.”
REPORTER: “Can you follow up on [that]? Do you think legally you’re not required to leave?”
POWELL: “No.”

According to The Hill, Powell later stressed that “it is ‘not permitted under the law’ for the president to fire or demote him or any of the other Fed governors with leadership positions.”

The press conference was on the heels of the Federal Reserve approving its second consecutive interest rate cut.

“In a follow-up to September’s big half percentage point reduction, the Federal Open Market Committee lowered its benchmark overnight borrowing rate by a quarter percentage point, or 25 basis points, to a target range of 4.50%-4.75%,” reports CNBC. “The rate sets what banks charge each other for overnight lending but often influences consumer debt instruments such as mortgages, credit cards and auto loans.”

“Markets had widely expected the move, which was telegraphed both at the September meeting and in follow-up remarks from policymakers since then. The vote was unanimous, unlike the previous move that saw the first “no” vote from a Fed governor since 2005.”

Critics online tore into the chairman.

Full FOMC press conference below:


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