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Judge in Lisa Cook case sets Friday hearing on Trump effort to fire Fed governor
CNBC ^ | August 28, 2025 | Erin Doherty , Kevin Breuninger

Posted on 08/28/2025 9:55:34 AM PDT by Red Badger

Key Points

* Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook sued to challenge her removal by President Donald Trump.

* Trump said Monday that he was firing Cook because of allegations that she committed mortgage fraud.

* Critics say that the move undermines the independence of the Fed, which sets key interest rates that affect mortgage rates and other debt rates.

* The case was assigned to Judge Jia Cobb, who was appointed to the federal bench by former President Joe Biden.

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A judge set a hearing for Friday morning on Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook’s request to block President Donald Trump from firing her.

The hearing was scheduled hours after Cook filed a lawsuit against Trump challenging his unprecedented attempt to remove her from the central bank’s board of governors.

The suit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., also names Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and the board itself as defendants.

Cook’s lawsuit is likely to end up being decided by the Supreme Court.

The case has been assigned to Judge Jia Cobb, who was appointed to the federal bench in late 2021 by former President Joe Biden.

Friday’s hearing on Cook’s bid to temporarily block her removal while her case proceeds is set for 10 a.m. ET.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 52to46; bidenstooge; cnbc; crime; dcdistrict; erindoherty; jiacobb; judgewatch; kevinbreuninger; stoogewatch
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1 posted on 08/28/2025 9:55:34 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
From the looks of things, Trump loses. What are the odds?

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2 posted on 08/28/2025 9:59:14 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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To: Red Badger

She gets waited on right away!


3 posted on 08/28/2025 10:03:11 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Red Badger

The central bank system, meaning the FRAUDULENT Federal Reserve, is the number one cause of all our country’s problems.

And the problems of the entire world.


4 posted on 08/28/2025 10:04:26 AM PDT by reasonisfaith
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To: reasonisfaith

“The central bank system, meaning the FRAUDULENT Federal Reserve, is the number one cause of all our country’s problems.”

Nope.

The Obama/Biden handlers are.


5 posted on 08/28/2025 10:06:21 AM PDT by TexasGator (The 150 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: Red Badger; All

They sure do have a quick turn around time when they want to stop Trump, don’t they?


6 posted on 08/28/2025 10:06:52 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: reasonisfaith
And the problems of the entire world.

I'd point more to the shadowy BIS, rather than the FED. FWIW, Powell has a role in both.

7 posted on 08/28/2025 10:10:05 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: thegagline

8 posted on 08/28/2025 10:10:58 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Red Badger

THe text is a bit confusing as to who is suing who. It lists as a suit brought by Cook, yet says the bd of Governors and Powell are listed as defendants, as opposed to plaintiffs like Cook.


9 posted on 08/28/2025 10:11:32 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: thegagline

I assume the appellate paperwork has already been prepared for filing shortly after this initial sham hearing.


10 posted on 08/28/2025 10:12:18 AM PDT by mn-bush-man
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For Cause does not necessarily specify for legal cause? Reversed on appeal?


11 posted on 08/28/2025 10:13:12 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: TexasGator

Who are the [Obama-Biden] handlers?
Define darkness.
Who are the [Federal Reserve] handlers?
Define evil.


12 posted on 08/28/2025 10:13:22 AM PDT by reasonisfaith
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To: C210N

DARK TO LIGHT


13 posted on 08/28/2025 10:14:05 AM PDT by reasonisfaith
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To: Red Badger

“ ….that she committed mortgage fraud.

….the Fed, which sets key interest rates that affect mortgage rates and other debt rates.”

Another easy 80/20 issue that the deMS/13s will choose the wrong side.

At one time we owned 4 homes. Silly me. We should have claimed primary residence in all 4 for a lower interest rate and homesteaded all 4.

EC


14 posted on 08/28/2025 10:16:09 AM PDT by Ex-Con777 (Leftists quote the Constitution like an atheist quotes the Bible)
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To: reasonisfaith

Who are the [Obama-Biden] handlers?
Define evil.

Who are the [Federal Reserve] handlers?
Define darkness.


15 posted on 08/28/2025 10:18:13 AM PDT by TexasGator (The 150 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: Red Badger

Since she replaced Judge Sullivan, zero sum gain. Sullivan had just become a complete nut job. He was behind the Flynn flamm.


16 posted on 08/28/2025 10:18:20 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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9 appeals court judges, mostly democrat nominated.

Two vacancies (wtf?!)


17 posted on 08/28/2025 10:19:12 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: TexasGator

When the [Federal Reserve] is absorbed into the U.S. Treasury and Trump has his people running the operation, the world of currency and finance will be like never before.


18 posted on 08/28/2025 10:20:16 AM PDT by reasonisfaith
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To: Red Badger

If the Fed is completely independent, who, who doesn’t work there, can fire anyone who works there?


19 posted on 08/28/2025 10:22:20 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.”)
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To: Ex-Con777

I seriously question politicians and bureaucrats who have worked six figured salaries for the government their entire lives, that then buy homes with the need for a mortgage? Haven’t they taken enough money from the taxpayer? Do they really need to access federally guaranteed housing loan markets?


20 posted on 08/28/2025 10:23:10 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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