Trump administration moves ahead with efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook
- The Trump administration is proceeding with efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, following a Supreme Court decision that allowed her to retain her position while she contests the termination.
- Cook has been accused of mortgage fraud, which she denies, and the Trump administration is appealing a lower-court ruling that favored her.
- A White House aide informed Cook that Trump is considering her removal and has given her until August 26 to respond.
- Cook's lawyer argues that her mortgage applications were not fraudulent and that she primarily resides in her Ann Arbor property.
The Trump administration is moving ahead with its efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, two months after the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job while she fights the president’s effort to terminate her over mortgage fraud allegations that she has denied.
The justices in a 5-4 decision in June said Cook, who was nominated to the Fed’s Board of Governors by President Joe Biden, could remain in her post at least as long as her lawsuit challenging her firing goes on. The Trump administration is appealing a lower-court ruling in Cook’s favor.
In a letter this week obtained by The Associated Press, White House aide Dan Scavino told Cook that Trump was “considering removing you from your position” but cited the Supreme Court’s requirement of proper notice in giving her until August 26 to challenge it.
Cook has aggressively defended herself against the allegations, saying the president had attempted to oust her “on a manufactured pretext because I refused to bow to political pressure and continued to set interest rates based only on what would best serve the American people.”
特朗普政府推进解雇联邦储备委员会理事丽莎·库克的努力
特朗普政府正在推进解雇联邦储备委员会理事丽莎·库克的努力，此举发生在最高法院允许她在与总统解雇努力争斗期间保留职位的两个月后，库克否认了有关抵押贷款欺诈的指控。
最高法院在6月以5-4的裁决表示，库克可以至少在她挑战解雇的诉讼进行期间保留职位。特朗普政府正在对有利于库克的下级法院裁决提出上诉。
本周获得美联社的信件中，白宫助手丹·斯卡维诺告诉库克，特朗普“正在考虑解除你的职务”，但引用了最高法院的要求，给予她直到8月26日的时间来对此进行挑战。
库克对这些指控进行了积极的辩护，表示总统试图以“制造的借口”将她赶走，因为她拒绝屈服于政治压力，并继续根据对美国人民最有利的方式设定利率。