President-elect Donald Trump will return to Washington, D.C., soon, and a handful of powerful people who are still there because the former president put them in their positions don’t plan on leaving.
Three notable federal government agents are not planning on leaving their posts: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and TSA Administrator David Pekoske. All three men were Trump appointees with some being reconfirmed under President Joe Biden’s administration.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell
Powell is perhaps the most notably defiant of the bunch. When asked by reporters recently if he would step down if Trump requested it, Powell responded with a one-word answer: “No.”
Powell also said his removal would be “not permitted under the law,” when asked whether he thinks the president has the legal authority to intervene in…
