The Trump administration pushed back Saturday against a report that President Trump is considering firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
In two tweets posted on Saturday evening, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that he’d spoken to Trump about Powell on Saturday and that Trump told him, “I never suggested firing Chairman Jay Powell, nor do I believe I have the right to do so.”
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