Remove the investigation, unlock the nomination. It's transactional governance with the central bank as the bargaining chip. Pirro's announcement warned she would “not hesitate to restart a criminal investigation should the facts warrant doing so,” a line that reads less like legal prudence and more like a standing threat. Sen. Elizabeth Warren put it plainly: the only reason the probe ended was to install Trump's preferred Fed chair. She's not wrong. The investigation was leveraged, and now that it's served its purpose, it's gone. What remains is a Fed whose independence has been visibly — and deliberately — tested.

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