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The Trump administration is making another move to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.
Trump aide Dan Scavino told Cook directly that there is "sufficient reason to believe that you made false statements on one or more mortgage agreements." The claim ties the case for her removal to personal mortgage filings, a category of ground that sets this effort apart from a challenge to her policy record.
What Scavino put to Cook The allegation is specific to Cook's personal finances. Scavino cited mortgage agreements, in the plural, as the basis for the administration's position.
The language is carefully hedged: "sufficient reason to believe" is a threshold for accusation, not a conclusion. It signals the administration believes it has enough to move, not that the matter has been adjudicated.
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