WOOT!! WHAT A WAY TO END THE WEEK! HUGE SPANKING QUASHES SUBPOENAS THAT TRUMP’S DOJ SENT TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE! AND YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHO IS THE JUDGE!
This is soooo beautiful!! This order quashing (which means “stopping them dead in their tracks”) two subpoenas that Trump’s DOJ sent to the Federal Reserve STARTS, at the very first sentence, quoting Trump himself, using his words against him! The two subpoenas are related to a grand jury investigation that Trump’s DOJ has initiated in Trump’s effort to pressure Fed Chair Jerome Powell to either do Trump’s bidding or resign.
We’ve discussed before how Trump is often his own worst enemy when it comes to his social media, as the Courts take notice of what he says!
This gorgeous 27-page opinion (included for Notes from the Front members) starts out, I mean the *very first words* are:
” “Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell has done it again!!! He is TOO LATE, and actually, TOO ANGRY, TOO STUPID, & TOO POLITICAL, to have the job of Fed Chair. He is costing our Country TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS . . . . Put another way, ‘Too Late’ is a TOTAL LOSER, and our Country is paying the price!” Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), Truth Soc. (July 31, 2025, at 7:11 AM).
That is one of at least 100 statements that the President or his deputies have made attacking the Chair of the Federal Reserve and pressuring him to lower interest rates. So is this: “‘Too Late’ Jerome Powell is costing our Country Hundreds of Billions of Dollars. He is truly one of the dumbest, and most destructive, people in Government . . . . TOO LATE’s an American Disgrace!” Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), Truth Soc. (June 19, 2025, at 10:04 AM)”
Again, that is the Court’s opening paragraph!
The Court observes “The case thus asks: Did prosecutors issue those subpoenas for a proper purpose? The Court finds that they did not. There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell either to yield to the President or to resign and make way for a Fed Chair who will. On the other side of the scale, the Government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the President. The Court must thus conclude that the asserted justifications for these subpoenas are mere pretexts. It will therefore grant the Board’s Motion to Quash.”
Then there ensue many pages of Trump-spanking (you’re gonna love it!) culminating in:
“A mountain of evidence suggests that the Government served these subpoenas on the Board to pressure its Chair into voting for lower interest rates or resigning. On the other side of the scale, the Government has produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime; indeed, its justifications are so thin and unsubstantiated that the Court can only conclude that they are pretextual. The Court therefore finds that the subpoenas were issued for an improper purpose and will quash them. It will also unseal redacted versions of the Motion to Quash, related briefing, and this Opinion.”
Oh, and the Judge? None other than democracy hero Chief Judge James Boasberg.
Notes from the Front members: Judge Boasberg’s 27-page memorandum and order is in your inbox.
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