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Dulcinea

(9,126 posts) Wed Sep 10, 2025, 04:31 AM Sep 10

Court rules Lisa Cook can remain a Fed governor for now while fighting Trump's attempt to fire her

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court ruled Tuesday that embattled Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook can remain in her position while she fights President Donald Trump’s efforts to fire her.

The ruling, which will almost certainly be appealed, is a blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to assert more control over the traditionally independent Fed, which sets short-term interest rates to achieve its congressionally mandated goals of stable prices and maximum employment. Congress has also sought to insulate the Fed from day-to-day politics.

U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb late Tuesday granted Cook’s request for a preliminary injunction blocking her firing while the dispute makes its way through the courts. Cobb ruled that Cook would likely prevail in the lawsuit she filed late last month to overturn her firing.

https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-governor-lisa-cook-trump-firing-651fcf0637cf14901bbd559df00c856b

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Court rules Lisa Cook can remain a Fed governor for now while fighting Trump's attempt to fire her (Original Post) Dulcinea Sep 10 OP

Lisa Cook's latest filing before the court of appeals disputes the fact that there was any mortgage fraud LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #1

MaddowBlog-Trump's case against the Fed's Lisa Cook goes from bad to worse LetMyPeopleVote Monday #2

The D.C. Circuit rejects the Trump administration's request to allow Trump's purported firing of Lisa Cook LetMyPeopleVote Monday #3

LetMyPeopleVote

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1. Lisa Cook's latest filing before the court of appeals disputes the fact that there was any mortgage fraud

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Sun Sep 14, 2025, 07:59 PM

Sunday

Judge Cobb found that there was no cause to fire Lisa Cook. trump is appealing to the DC Circuit which has set a very short time frame for briefing.

Link to tweet

Here is Lisa Cook's filing which is a fun read.

Link to tweet

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.42372/gov.uscourts.cadc.42372.01208775253.0.pdf

I was pleased to see that this filing contained a footnote on the recently disclosed facts that showed that Lisa Cook did NOT commit mortgage fraud

6The complete property records reveal the opposite. See, e.g., Fed Governor Lisa Cook claimed 2nd residence as ‘vacation home,’ undercutting Trump fraud claims, Assoc. Press (Sept. 12, 2025), https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-lisa-cook trump-852820c83e5001ec3b6e2d14047965c9 (affirming, based on the review of bank documents, that Governor Cook designated her Atlanta property for use as a “Vacation Home”).

I have not seen the trump fling which was supposed to be flied this afternoon. I suspect that trump will object to these facts cited above.

LetMyPeopleVote

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2. MaddowBlog-Trump's case against the Fed's Lisa Cook goes from bad to worse

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 05:11 PM

Monday

The White House’s claim against Cook is rooted in the idea that she committed mortgage fraud, and now there’s fresh evidence to suggest she did not.

Remove Bill Pulte. Remove Donald Trump.

Trumpâ€™s case against the Fedâ€™s Lisa Cook goes from bad to worse
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

#GOPTraitors #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #AmericanFascistParty #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
— Democracy Matters! (@democracymatters.bsky.social) 2025-09-15T20:08:47.339Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-case-feds-lisa-cook-goes-bad-worse-rcna231451

There’s no shortage of problems with this, but an especially important one emerged late last week. NBC News reported:

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook declared in financial forms that her Atlanta property would be used as a ‘vacation home’ and not her primary residence, according to documents obtained by NBC News that appear to undercut the Trump administration’s allegations of mortgage fraud.

.......So, the administration is giving up? Of course not. The New York Times reported:

The Trump administration sought to convince a federal court on Sunday that President Trump possesses vast powers and ‘discretion’ to fire federal officials, as it raced to block Lisa Cook, a governor on the Federal Reserve, from participating in this week’s meeting of the central bank.

A federal district court ruled last week that Cook can only be legally ousted for cause, and the White House has failed to meet that threshold. The administration’s lawyers have appealed that ruling, insisting that Trump’s power is “unreviewable.”

The case is now pending at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, though time is of the essence. The Times’ report added, “The Trump administration has asked the appellate panel to stay that order and rule by the end of Monday, ahead of the Fed’s two-day meeting, which begins on Tuesday.”

Again, no one is even bothering with the pretense that the administration is scrambling to oust Cook because of a desperate need for swift justice related to the mortgage bureaucracy. Rather, the White House sees an opponent that it’s eager to remove from the board. Watch this space.

LetMyPeopleVote

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3. The D.C. Circuit rejects the Trump administration's request to allow Trump's purported firing of Lisa Cook

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 08:26 PM

Monday

BREAKING: On a 2-1 vote, the D.C. Circuit rejects the Trump administration's request to allow Trump's purported firing of Fed Board Governor Lisa Cook to take effect during litigation.

She will remain on the board for now, absent a further court order to the contrary.
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-09-16T00:19:36.087Z

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