""up to the president""
""It's a roast," Trump said. "It was all comedy.""
""That is up to the president," Bessent responded."
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it would be "up to the president" to decide whether to sue Kevin Warsh if Warsh fails to lower interest rates. President Trump joked at an Alfalfa Club dinner that he might sue his Fed nominee if the nominee did not lower rates, later calling the remarks a roast and comedy. Senator Elizabeth Warren pressed Bessent about possible legal or Justice Department actions during a Senate Banking Committee hearing. The Department of Justice subpoenaed the Federal Reserve in an investigation of Jerome Powell's Senate testimony about a $2.5 billion renovation. Some Senate Republicans expressed concern that the administration could threaten the Fed's independence, and Senator Thom Tillis indicated he might withhold support for Warsh until the investigation is resolved, potentially delaying the nomination.
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