Good evening, I'm Amna Nawaz.

And I'm Jeff Bennett.

On the news hour tonight, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell comes under criminal investigation by the Trump Justice Department.

This is an atmosphere that is one of intimidation where people will feel pressured to do what the president wants.

Protests grow in Iran, and so does the death toll as the regime cracks down on dissent.

And how the Trump administration is increasingly using extremist rhetoric to bolster its policies.

When you get people to stop knowing what's true and false,

it's very easy for them to stop knowing what's right and wrong. Welcome to the News Hour.

The Justice Department has launched an unprecedented criminal investigation against the Federal Reserve and its chairman, Jerome Powell.

For his part, Powell made it clear he was fed up with what he sees as threats from President Trump

and said he would not capitulate to political pressure when shaping economic policy.

It was a stunning turn of events as several lawmakers from the president's own party also broke with Trump,

suggesting his team had gone too far.

On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas.

Last night, an extraordinary message from Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

No one, certainly not the chair of the Federal Reserve, is above the law.

But this unprecedented action should be seen in the broader context of the administration's

threats and ongoing pressure.

That video posted by the Federal Reserve Sunday evening in response to a criminal investigation,

launched by U.S. attorney Janine Piero, into the $2. billion renovation of the Federal Reserve

headquarters.

But Powell claimed that is not what's

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