The Federal Reserve was mum on Tuesday when asked whether Fed Board Governor Lisa Cook was at her office — or working remotely — a day after President Donald Trump said he had fired her.
The Fed's press office and Cook's high-powered lawyer, Abbe Lowell , did not reply when CNBC asked if she was working Tuesday, and if so, where.
Security at the central bank's headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C. , likewise would not say whether Cook was in the building.
On Monday night, Cook said that she would remain in her job despite Trump having told her in a letter posted on Truth Social earlier in the evening that he was removing her "for cause."
The president cited allegations by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte that Cook had made false statements on home mort