Tillis says DOJ probe of Powell ‘reaching the point of the absurd’

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Wednesday suggested that the Justice Department should admit it made a mistake by launching an investigation related to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Asked by reporters about a potential off-ramp to his objections to moving any Fed nominees — including President Donald Trump's pick for chair, Kevin Warsh — until the DOJ probe is resolved, Tillis responded: “I’m not going to try and help them out of a box canyon.”

“There’s one way out of a box canyon,” he added.