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President renews effort to fire Cook

Headline from Omaha World-Herald

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump launched a new inquiry into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook weeks before congressional elections, convening an investigative committee and ordering an unprecedented White House hearing into allegations she made false statements on mortgage applications.

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  1. Independent Journal Review

    Trump Forms Committee to Probe Fed’s Cook (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    President Donald Trump established a committee to investigate allegations that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook made false statements on mortgage documents, renewing his effort to remove her after the Supreme Court blocked an earlier attempt.

  2. Financial Times

    Donald Trump launches committee to investigate Fed governor Lisa Cook (opens Financial Times)

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    Move comes after the Supreme Court in June rebuffed the president’s attempt to sack the central banker

  3. Bloomberg

    White House Forms Committee to Probe Federal Reserve’s Cook (opens Bloomberg)

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    President Donald Trump is establishing a committee to investigate mortgage fraud allegations against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and is forcing her to appear at a White House hearing to defend herself, a dramatic escalation in his efforts to oust her from her role.

  4. NBC News

    Trump establishes panel to probe Fed governor Lisa Cook in latest attempt to fire her (opens NBC News)

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    President Donald Trump established a committee to investigate Fed governor Lisa Cook, in his latest attempt to fire her.

  5. WTOP Washington DC

    Trump establishes committee to investigate Federal Reserve’s Lisa Cook in latest effort to fire her (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump establishes committee to investigate Federal Reserve’s Lisa Cook in latest effort to fire her.

  6. KESQ Palm Springs

    Trump launches new effort to oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is doubling down on efforts to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, forming a “committee of inquiry” centered around alleged false statements she made “in connection with one or more mortgage instruments,” according to a statement release…

  7. New York Post

    Trump establishes committee to investigate Fed Governor Lisa Cook’s mortgage fraud statements (opens New York Post)

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    President Trump has created a “committee of inquiry” to investigate allegations that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook made false statements after the White House accused her of mortgage fraud.

  8. NOTUS

    Trump Is Renewing His Effort to Oust the Federal Reserve's Lisa Cook (opens NOTUS)

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    The president established a “committee of inquiry” into the Federal Reserve governor.

  9. Washington Examiner

    Trump redoubles effort to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook with new investigative committee (opens Washington Examiner)

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    President Donald Trump has formed a committee to investigate Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook over alleged mortgage fraud, an escalation after his previous effort to fire Cook was blocked by the Supreme Court.

  10. The Hill

    Trump establishes 'committee of inquiry' for Federal Reserve member Lisa Cook (opens The Hill)

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    President Trump established a committee Friday to investigate whether Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook “made false statements in connection with one or more mortgage instruments.” The “committee of inquiry” will hold an in-person hearing next month to consider the allegations and …

  11. The New Republic

    Trump Ramps Up Crusade Against the Fed’s Lisa Cook With New Inquiry (opens The New Republic)

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    President Donald Trump is still going after Federal Reserve Commissioner Lisa Cook. In a presidential memo Wednesday, Trump announced that he’d set up a committee to oversee an investigation into whether Cook had made false statements in connection to one or more mortgage agreements.

  12. Philadelphia Inquirer

    The Latest: Trump establishes committee to investigate Fed’s Lisa Cook in latest effort to fire her (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    President Donald Trump has opened another chapter in his effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook by establishing a “committee of inquiry” to investigate allegations that she made false statements in mortgage applications

  13. MS Now

    Trump intensifies campaign against Fed’s Lisa Cook, establishes new inquiry panel (opens MS Now)

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    After the president’s crusade against the Federal Reserve governor was blocked, he settled on a radical new course.

  14. CBS News

    Trump creates committee to investigate Fed's Lisa Cook (opens CBS News)

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    President Trump established a committee to look into allegations that Fed Governor Lisa Cook made false statements on mortgage documents, the latest step in his renewed effort to fire her.

  15. Al Jazeera

    Trump launches probe into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Trump began efforts to remove Cook as one of the governors on the US Fed Reserve Board in 2025 and litigation is on.

  16. The Guardian

    Trump establishes committee to investigate Fed governor Lisa Cook (opens The Guardian)

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    US president renews his efforts to oust Cook despite supreme court ruling that her firing was unconstitutional Donald Trump announced on Friday that he is establishing a committee to investigate Lisa Cook, the US Federal Reserve governor, over allegations that she committed mortgage fraud, renewing …

  17. Quartz

    Trump is forming a White House committee to investigate Fed Governor Lisa Cook (opens Quartz)

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    The panel will hold a closed hearing on Nov. 5 to examine mortgage fraud allegations against Cook, the latest step in Trump's bid to remove her

  18. Fox News

    Trump sets up committee to investigate Fed Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations (opens Fox News)

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    President Donald Trump's new White House committee will hear mortgage fraud allegations against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in a closed hearing.

  19. ABC News

    Trump announces committee to investigate Federal Reserve’s Lisa Cook (opens ABC News)

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    Cook is being scrutinized for mortgage fraud allegations, which she denies.

  20. Cheddar

    Trump Launches New Probe into Fed Governor Lisa Cook (opens Cheddar)

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    President Trump has appointed a committee to investigate statements made by Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.

  21. The Federalist

    After SCOTUS Setback, Trump Renews Bid To Remove Federal Reserve’s Lisa Cook (opens The Federalist)

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    'As President, it is my job to ensure the laws are faithfully executed, including by firing subordinates who cannot be trusted to tell the truth and follow the law.'

  22. Mother Jones

    Trump Tries—Yet Again—to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook (opens Mother Jones)

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    On Friday, President Donald Trump announced the creation of a new committee to investigate Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over allegations of mortgage fraud, even after those claims were shown to be incorrect, and after the US Supreme Court in June rejected his previous attempts to fire her.

  23. UPI

    Trump forms committee to investigate Fed Gov. Lisa Cook (opens UPI)

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    President Donald Trump established a committee of inquiry Friday to investigate Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.

  24. SCOTUSblog

    Trump announces committee investigation of Fed Governor Lisa Cook (opens SCOTUSblog)

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    President Donald Trump on Friday announced the creation of a three-person committee to investigate allegations of mortgage fraud against Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. The news came in a notice that was published on the White House website just over two months after…

  25. Bloomberg

    Can Trump Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook? (opens Bloomberg)

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    For more than a year, President Donald Trump has sought to push out members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and gain more leverage over the central bank’s policies. In early October, the White House resumed that effort, announcing the formation of a committee to investigate mortgage fraud …

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