Summary
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell asserts that he cannot be fired by President-elect Donald Trump, citing legal protections under the Federal Reserve Act.
Trump has previously expressed his desire to remove Powell, but legal experts argue that a policy disagreement would not constitute “for cause” removal.
Within the bounds of his official duties. Which the statute defines. The President can fire many other positions whenever he likes, but not this one.
Who’s gonna say no? The supreme court? The legislature? It’s GOP all the way down now.
Well, according to Powell, he can say no. We’ll see how well that works.
Watch him do it anyway.
Really? If Trump tries and fails to fire him, then this guy is going to find himself in Gitmo, or maybe Trump will just send Seal Team 6 to kill him. Immune.