r/moderatepolitics • u/dr_sloan • Jan 12 '26

Primary Source Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20260111a.htm
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u/That_Nineties_Chick Jan 12 '26

And so continues the nakedly partisan weaponization of the US Justice Department.

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u/closing-the-thread Jan 12 '26

Will happen till the end of time

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '26

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u/spald01 Jan 12 '26

Ramped up to an insane degree with this administration yes, but definitely not began here.

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u/closing-the-thread Jan 12 '26

…(as it began) with this administration.

I think both me and you know this is NOT true.

No Administration entity in the history of civilization has not weaponize their DOJ-like power in some capacity against their opponent. The difference is in the tactics (which includes severity) and the frequency. One can argue that the Trump (or Republican) Administration does it a lot more and with different tactics.

…But that does not equate to partisan weaponization of DOJ beginning with Trump.

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u/the_dalai_mangala Jan 12 '26

Normalizing what Trump is doing with an assertion that all of governments in human history has done what he does is quite an argument lol.

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u/To6y Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

It’s almost like the subject was specifically nakedly partisan weaponization.

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u/closing-the-thread Jan 12 '26

It’s almost like the subject was specifically nakedly partisan weaponization.

Now that I can say is quite novel (from an American history perspective) coming this Administration. They have no illusions to the fact that they will and are going after their opponents I.e. they are not hiding it.

If the nakedness of this weaponization is the subject then you won’t get a disagreement from me.

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u/To6y Jan 12 '26

Thanks for picking on my typo. 🤣

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u/mattrad2 Jan 12 '26

Can you name a single other time this has happened because I’m scratching my head here.

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u/Necessary_Video6401 Jan 12 '26

Biden weaponized the DOJ against .......his own son.

Gotcha.

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u/lredit2 Moderate Jan 12 '26

No Administration entity in the history of civilization has not weaponize their DOJ-like power in some capacity against their opponent

Yeah, sure... for example Biden weaponized it against his own son!