Summary

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell asserts that he cannot be fired by President-elect Donald Trump, citing legal protections under the Federal Reserve Act.

Trump has previously expressed his desire to remove Powell, but legal experts argue that a policy disagreement would not constitute “for cause” removal.

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    119 hours ago

    I’m gussing it’ll play out like:

      Official act #4:  Secret Service, bring him to me, but take a long time. 
    
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      6 hours ago

      Trump doesn’t even have to get his hands dirty on this. He’ll drop a few tweets about his “Marxist monetary policies” putting the economy at risk and Trumps supporters will harass and threaten him into resigning.