Washington — Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook filed suit against President Trump, Chair Jerome Powell and the Fed's Board of Governors on Thursday, asking a federal judge to block the president's attempt to fire her from the central bank.

Mr. Trump announced Cook's termination from the Fed late Monday, citing allegations she had committed mortgage fraud , which he described as "deceitful and potentially criminal." The move came after the president spent months railing against the Fed and Powell for leaving interest rates relatively high so far this year.

Cook filed her lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday, teeing up a legal showdown that seems destined to ultimately be settled by the Supreme Court. Her legal team asked the district court to

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