Warren Slams Warsh Fed Confirmation, Citing His 2020 Election Evasion

11 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 13

Elizabeth Warren attacked Kevin Warsh’s confirmation as Federal Reserve chair, calling him a “sock puppet” for Trump and arguing he failed a basic independence test by refusing to say Trump lost the 2020 election.
On the Senate floor, Warren said the Fed needs a chair guided by economic data rather than Trump’s politics, sharpening Democrats’ case that Warsh would not act independently at the central bank.
Warren also said the criminal investigation into outgoing Chair Jerome Powell remains alive, citing US attorney Pirro’s pledge to restart the probe and continue litigating the issue.
That accusation tied Warsh’s advance to Senate maneuvering: Warren said Republicans moved his nomination only after the administration “pretended to close” the Powell investigation, despite Thom Tillis’s earlier threat to block him until it was dropped.

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