Key GOP Senator Says Powell Committed No Crime in Testimony

Senator Tim Scott

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Republican Senator Tim Scott said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell didn’t commit a crime when answering questions during a congressional hearing last summer.

“I believe what he did was made a gross error in judgment. He was not prepared for that hearing. I do not believe that he committed a crime during the hearing,” Scott said Wednesday in an interview on Fox Business.