Scott Bessent Urges Senate to Advance Warsh's Fed Chair Hearing Amid Powell Probe

• US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent advocates for Kevin Warsh's Federal Reserve chairman nomination hearings to proceed.
• This comes despite an ongoing criminal investigation into current Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
• Senator Thom Tillis opposes Warsh's confirmation, demanding the DOJ drop its probe into Powell.
• The investigation, led by Jeanine Pirro, concerns Powell's testimony on Fed headquarters renovation cost overruns.
• Bessent clarified the White House has no influence on the US Attorney for D.C.'s actions regarding the probe.