Trump says he'll fire Fed's Lisa Cook if she doesn't resign over mortgage fraud allegations
Trump says he'll fire Fed's Lisa Cook if she doesn't resign over mortgage fraud allegations
- August 22, 2025
- Gary Richardson, economics, Quartz, Aug. 22, 2025
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"The president can fire members of the Fed Board for cause," said Gary Richardson, a past historian of the Federal Reserve who's now a professor at the University of California, Irvine. "Members of the FOMC have been forced to resign for less."
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