(FILES) Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2026. US Attorney General Todd Blanche said on October 2, 2026 that he would not be reopening a probe into former US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell over a building renovation project, after a government watchdog cleared the latter of criminal wrongdoing. US President Donald Trump had demanded Powell resign from the central bank's board over the watchdog's report, which concluded there had been poor management but no criminal wrongdoing in the costly project. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)