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The US Federal Reserve’s years-long renovation of two historic buildings along the National Mall to be used as part of its headquarters in Washington exploded into political controversy about a year ago, with a ‘New York Post’ report on the project’s “lavish” features and nearly $2.5bn price tag. The report came amid President Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on the Fed and Fed Chair Jerome Powell for not slashing interest rates as Trump wanted. It prompted an immediate call from Elon Musk, then head of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, for an investigation, and accusations of wasteful spending by Republican lawmakers like Senate Banking Committee chair Tim Scott. Scott and several other members of the Senate Banking Committee on June 24, 2025, sent Fed Chair Jerome Powell a letter asking him to justify the cost of the renovations, which they said included “rooftop garden terraces, ornate water features, new elevators that drop board members off directly in their VIP dining suite ... rooftop Italian beehives” among other amenities. The next day Powell testifies before the Senate Banking Committee that reports of such luxury amenities are inaccurate. Documents show the Fed’s current budget for the two buildings is about $1.1bn more than it had originally allocated in 2020, with most of the increase attributable to rising costs for material and labour amid the post-pandemic surge in inflation. Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought demanded Powell explain the building renovations and suggests the Fed did not follow proper approval procedures. Powell provides a detailed explanation of the renovations in a letter to Scott and the Senate Banking Committee’s top Democrat Elizabeth Warren. The Fed also posts a series of FAQs on its website detailing the costs, and Powell asks the Fed’s Inspector General to take a fresh look at the project. Powell responds to Vought’s letter with the same information provided to the senators. On July 24, 2025, Trump, accompanied by Pulte and Vought and senators Scott and Thom Tillis, visited the construction site and were given a tour by Powell. Trump takes the opportunity to again urge interest-rate cuts. In November, US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro opens a criminal investigation into Powell that focuses on alleged misstatements in his July Senate testimony, according to court documents that were unsealed four months later. Early this year, Powell disclosed the DoJ probe and subpoenas in an unusual Sunday evening video, calling it unprecedented intimidation, and a pretext for the president to gain influence over the Fed’s monetary policy decisions. The DoJ probe draws widespread condemnation as a threat to Fed independence. Senator Tillis says he’ll block any Fed nominee as long as the investigation remains open. Other Republican lawmakers raise similar objections. On January 30, 2026, Trump nominates Kevin Warsh to be the next Fed chair upon the expiration of Powell’s leadership term on May 15. Tillis reiterates his position. A US judge blocks the DoJ’s subpoenas, agreeing with Powell that the probe was an improper attempt to intimidate the central bank into cutting interest rates. Pirro vows to appeal the ruling. “I have no intention of leaving the Board until the investigation is well and truly over, with transparency and finality,” Powell says. Prosecutors from Pirro’s office make a surprise visit to the Fed’s renovation work site, and are turned away. The Senate Banking Committee holds a confirmation hearing for Warsh. Tillis reiterates his position. Pirro says her investigation is going forward. Trump gave his public support, saying “we have to find out” how the building cost so much. On April 24, 2026: Pirro says she’ll close the investigation and has referred it to the Fed’s Inspector General, which had begun its own investigation at Powell’s request nine months earlier. “I will not hesitate to restart a criminal investigation should the facts warrant doing so,” she adds.
