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Cook's lawyer fires back as Trump renews threat to remove sitting Fed governor

8/27/2026

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook's legal team publicly pushed back against President Donald Trump's renewed effort to oust her from the board, escalating a dispute that the Supreme Court addressed in late June without settling.

The court blocked Trump's first removal attempt but preserved a path for the president to try again, and Trump has since indicated he intends to use it.

The exchange between Cook's lawyers and the White House has become the active front of a standoff with no resolution date visible from the current posture.

The Supreme Court's unfinished ruling The court moved in late June to block Trump from removing Cook from the Federal Reserve.

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