A federal judge didn’t issue a ruling on Friday (August 28) in Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s request to block President Donald Trump from firing her, per CNBC.

During Friday’s court hearing, Cook’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, argued that Trump lacks legal cause to remove Cook from her Senate-confirmed post. Lowell rejected Trump’s justification for the firing, which stem from mortgage fraud allegations promoted on social media by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte.

“You can’t have Director Pulte’s crazy midnight tweets be the cause,” Lowell told Judge Jia Cobb, calling the claims an “obvious smear campaign.”

“Nothing in these vague, unsubstantiated allegations has any relevance to Gov. Cook’s role at the Federal Reserve,” he added.

Cook, the first Black woman on the F

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