The Fed is the titular observable institution. It's like going into the prison and beating up the big guy.

Exactly. Take the bologna sandwich, slam it on the floor, headbutton, and walk out.

That's one theory behind the Trump administration's investigation into the chairman of the Federal Reserve.

There are others. From WNYC in New York. This is on the media.

I'm Burke Gladstone. Also on this week's show, a new documentary reveals how a Russian propaganda

push in schools is preparing a new generation to die on the battlefield. The co-directors of the

documentary titled Mr. Nobody Against Putin finally met after

two years of talking on the phone through a translator. And I finally showed him a real cut of the film.

He watched it. The first thing he said to me was, David, I was 50% certain this whole thing

was a scam. It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

Michael Lohenger is out this week.

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

By now you've heard of the latest marbled citadel in Washington to run afoul of the Trump

administration. Ironically, partly because of its marble. This morning, federal prosecutors have launched

a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell related to his testimony before a

Senate committee about the multi-billion dollar

renovation of two Federal Reserve buildings. Powell, not famously a hothead fired back at the

administration and a two-minute long video message. The threat of criminal charges is a consequence

of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment

of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the president.

There's been a lot of hand-wringing about the independence of the Fed, an institution which has

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