Hello, fellow rebel capitalists. Hope you are well. Never a dull moment in the Trump administration. That is for sure. Today we got the news. Jerome Powell under criminal investigation. What the hell is going on. Is that dude going to jail? Maybe. Maybe not. You never, it's 2026.

What a great way to start the year.

At least there's a lot of entertainment value, right?

Okay, let's get into kind of what the mainstream is how they're framing this.

And then we'll shoot over to Zero Hedge.

I think Zero Hedge article is more fact driven, let's say.

So we're going to start with our good pals over at CNBC.

Fed Chair Powell says he's under criminal investigation, won't bow to Trump intimidation.

This is really interesting.

And I'm going to wait to kind of think this through and connect the dots when we go over to the Zero Hedge article, because theirs is, like I said, it's more fact-driven.

I think there's a lot of opinion and editorial here in the CNBC article.

But key talking points.

Fed Chair Powell is under federal criminal investigation related to the $2.5 billion

renovation of the central bank's headquarters.

Powell said the probe was a result of the Fed setting interest rates based on our assessment

of what will serve the public rather than following the preferences of President Donald Trump.

So usually Jerome Powell kind of sits back and plays

the more professional role, let's say. You know, he doesn't really get these sparring matches

with Trump, who's, you know, whether you hate him or like him, whatever, he's, Trump is very

reactionary. No one can deny that, you know, with his truth, social, and whatnot.

Jerome Powell pretty much the opposite. But this time, Powell kind of came out swinging as well.

Maybe he'd been pushed too far or whatever. Then Senator Thomas Tillis of North Carolina

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