Trump threatens to fire US Fed Governor Lisa Cook | Politics News

Cook, who has been accused of mortgage fraud, says she will not be ‘bullied’ into resigning by the president.

United States President Donald Trump says he will fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook if she doesn’t quit, intensifying his effort to gain influence over the central bank.

“I’ll fire her if she doesn’t resign,” Trump told reporters on Friday during a visit to a Washington, DC, museum focused on the White House.

Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the Federal…

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