Former Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler, who resigned suddenly in August this year, allegedly violated Fed ethics rules and was subject to an internal probe when she stepped down, according to documents released on Saturday.

During her final weeks at the Fed , Kugler tried to resolve an issue with her financial holdings, but Chair Jerome Powell refused her request for a necessary waiver ahead of the central bank’s policy meeting on 29-30 July, Bloomberg reported, citing a Fed official.

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Fed ethics officials reported the issue to the agency’s inspector general earlier this year, according to the form. They also chose not to certify the disclosures Kugler submitted about a month after her resignation. An IG spokesperson men

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