Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congre

In the Trump administration's war with Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, there is a new front — ostensibly about beehives and rooftop gardens, but really a fight for control of the U.S. central bank.

President Trump and his allies have accused the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, of misleading Congress in what some legal scholars worry is a prelude to seeking his removal.