Cook’s attorney said the president has ‘no authority’ and ‘lacks any factual or legal basis’ to fire the Fed governor
The Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook will sue the Trump administration over its bid to fire her over unconfirmed allegations of mortgage fraud, her attorney has said.
Donald Trump announced he was firing Cook on Monday night, in an extraordinary move that marks the latest escalation in the US president’s attack on the central bank’s independence.
But Trump has “no authority” to remove her from the Fed’s board of governors, Cook’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, argued in a statement to reporters, saying: “His attempt to fire her, based solely on a referral letter, lacks any factual or legal basis. We will be filing a lawsuit challenging this illegal action.”
We need more people standing up to that orange thing in office. So tired of people being afraid of him, I applaud her for setting an example by standing up for herself. Hopefully others will see this and start doing the same.
Even so, I’m not sure what the point of a lawsuit would be. What relief would be sought, and is there any hope she would actually realize such relief if the Court rules in her favor?
Emotional damage and possibly lost wages.
Monetary damages? Won’t ever get paid.
Umm the government settles cases less then this all the time. But ok.