Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is pushing the Trump administration to “wrap up” its investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, amid an ongoing Justice Department probe. 

“I think it’s in everybody’s best interest to wrap up the investigation,” Thune said Wednesday. “I’ve said that before, it would be better if it winds down.”

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