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Good Morning America

Tuesday, January 13

Good Morning America

ABC News

News, Entertainment News, Daily News, Politics

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Ashton Kutcher and Anthony Ramos talk 'The Beauty'; Tyler James Williams talks 'Abbott Elementary'; Kick start your meal prep with Jamie Oliver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Live from ABC News headquarters in New York City, this is Good Morning America.

0:07.0

I'm a little more style.

0:09.0

I wasn't quite that big, so, but good morning America.

0:14.0

There's nothing like watching a big man rumble to the end zone, though.

0:17.0

I absolutely do love that.

0:18.0

Congratulations to the Texas.

0:20.0

You took it all the way. Yeah, big win yesterday. We're going to have much more on the game just ahead, including if it might be Aaron Rogers' last game. We'll begin with the fallout from the Justice Department's criminal investigation in a Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. In a rare break with the president, key Republicans are defending Powell vowing to resist the president's pressure campaign against the Fed.

0:38.3

Senior political correspondent Rachel Scott is at the White House with the latest. Good morning, Rachel.

0:42.3

George, good morning to you, and it's rare to see this many Senate Republicans speak out against the Trump administration,

0:47.3

but it's not just lawmakers over on Capitol Hill. This morning, sources tell me that Treasury Secretary Scott Besant is not happy with this

0:54.8

investigation into Jerome Powell, warning that it could be a distraction and conveyed that directly

0:59.4

to the president. This morning, a growing number of Republicans lining up to defend Federal Reserve

1:06.0

Chair Jerome Powell as he faces an unprecedented criminal investigation from the Trump administration.

1:12.0

I know Chairman Powell very well. I will be stunned. I will be shocked if he has done anything

1:20.5

wrong. I don't think Jay Powell is a criminal. I think he's a bad Fed chair.

1:25.0

Senator Tom Tell us labeling it amateur hour, saying the investigation calls into question the credibility of the Justice Department.

1:32.3

Tillis, a key Republican who also sits on the Senate banking committee, threatening to block any of the president's future Fed nominees until the investigation into Powell is resolved.

1:41.3

My message to whatever, whoever, and who went after what I consider to be vindictive

1:46.6

prosecution to grow up and give the president better advice.

1:50.6

And this morning, sources tell ABC News, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson was unhappy with the

1:55.2

decision to investigate Powell, calling it a distraction.

1:58.7

Sources say Besson conveyed those concerns directly to the president.

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