Prosecutors working for Jeannine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., made an unannounced visit to the headquarters of the Federal Reserve on Tuesday.
Three officials from Pirro’s office arrived at the Fed's headquarters construction site in downtown Washington and said they wanted a “tour," Robert Hur, the central bank's outside counsel, told Pirro’s office in an email, which was seen by NBC News.
Pirro’s deputies also said they wanted to “check on progress” in the yearslong renovation of the Fed's historic buildings overlooking the National Mall, Hur said.
Hur indicated in his email Tuesday that investigators were turned away from the site. The attempted visit was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
The surprise move by Pirro's office came as its investigation into Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s congressional testimony last year about the Fed's renovation project has been rapidly losing steam.
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