Trump Calls on Fed's Cook to Quit
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Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Cook over a pair of mortgages, the latest in a series of moves by the Trump administration to increase legal scrutiny of Democratic figures and appointees.
While potential mortgage fraud is a serious offense, the use of a federal regulatory body to pursue a political appointee has been characterized as an even greater breach of public trust. A criminal referral for alleged mortgage fraud against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has ignited a firestorm,