美國聯邦準備理事會（美聯儲）主席鮑威爾於1月11日發表聲明指出，司法部於週五向美聯儲發出大陪審團傳票，威脅將針對其2025年6月在參議院銀行委員會的證詞提起刑事訴訟，該份證詞部分內容涉及美聯儲歷史辦公大樓為期多年的翻新工程。鮑威爾強調，此項威脅並非針對證詞或翻新工程本身，而是因為美聯儲係基於經濟評估獨立製訂利率政策，而非遵從總統的偏好所緻。

Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, issued a statement on January 11 stating that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) served a grand jury subpoena on the Fed on Friday, threatening to file criminal charges over his testimony before the Senate Banking Committee in June 2025, which partially touched on the years-long renovation project of the Fed's historic headquarters building. Powell noted that the threat was not targeted at the testimony or the renovation project itself, but rather stemmed from the Federal Reserve's practice of setting interest rates independently based on economic assessments, instead of following presidential preferences.