(NewsNation) — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into the whether fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook submitted fraudulent information on mortgage applications, according to multiple reports.

"Predictably and recognizing the flaws in challenging their illegal firing of Governor Cook, the administration is scrambling to invent new justifications for its overreach," Cook's attorney, Abe Lowell, said in a statement. "This Justice Department – perhaps the most politicized in American history – will do whatever President Trump demands. He wants cover, and they are providing it. The questions over how Governor Cook described her properties from time to time, which we have started to address in the pending case and will continue to do so, are not fraud, but

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