Release it! Group suing Jerome Powell demands transcript of suspicious closed-door meeting

President Donald J. Trump blasted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for refusing to lower interest rates, after the Fed voted to leave its key short-term interest rate (4.3%) unchanged for the fifth time this year.

“Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell has done it again!!!” Trump posted on Truth Social. “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, in addition to one of the most incompetent, or corrupt, renovations of a building(s) in the history of construction! Put another way,’Too Late’ is a TOTAL LOSER, and our Country is paying the price!”

For the first time in more than three decades, two of the seven members of the central bank’s board voted against the chair to lower rates. After the vote, a group suing Powell called for the release of the transcripts of the closed-door meeting.

Azoria, an American investment firm, filed a federal lawsuit last week against Powell, alleging that the central bank is violating federal transparency laws, according to Fox Business.

“The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, argues that the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) closed-door meetings run afoul of the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976,” the network reported.

The group also tried to temporarily bar the FOMC from closing this week’s meeting to the public. In justifying the secrecy, the FOMC cites concerns about real-time transparency potentially disrupting financial markets.

Azoria CEO James Fishback posted a video online calling for the need to “bring transparency and accountability to the Federal Reserve.”

Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on the social media platform X:

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