Fed Governor Donates to Clinton as Bank Guards Independence
- $750 in donations from November to January was within rules
- Issue of Fed governor giving to a candidate is `one of optics'
Lael Brainard, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, reacts as she speaks with other attendees during a banking supervision forum at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on Nov. 4, 2015.
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At a time when Federal Reserve officials are making the case that monetary policy needs to be non-partisan and independent, a sitting governor has given money to Hillary Clinton.