[Sources: U.S. Department of Justice Expected to Drop Criminal Investigation into Powell] Golden Finance reported on April 24 that multiple informed sources revealed the U.S. Department of Justice is expected to conclude its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Powell as early as Friday, thereby ending the deadlock that could have delayed the appointment of Powell's successor. Sources stated that senior officials from the Department of Justice recently contacted several senators, including Republican Senator Thom Tillis, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, to inform them of plans to drop the investigation into alleged cost overruns in the Federal Reserve's Washington headquarters renovation project and transfer the matter to the Federal Reserve's internal oversight body. Powell's term is set to end next month, but he stated in March that he would remain in office until Trump's nominee for Federal Reserve Chair, Waller, is confirmed. (ABC News)