Who is Lisa Cook, the Fed governor Trump is trying to fire?

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Hours after President Donald Trump announced he would fire Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor announced she has no plans of leaving the Fed Board of Governors any time soon.

Trump’s Truth Social announcement of her firing hinged on accusations of Cook committing mortgage fraud, which Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte leveled two weeks ago.

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