Trump Hit with Legal Blow In Lisa Cook Attack as New Report Exposes His Cabinet’s Own Mortgage Scheme That They’re Scrambling to Dismiss as a ‘Hit Piece’

As President Donald Trump was dealt a legal blow in his campaign to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, fresh scrutiny has emerged over the hypocrisy at the heart of his attack.

Late Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked Trump from removing Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the Fed’s Board of Governors, ruling that the president’s justifications for firing her failed to meet the legal threshold for “cause” required under the law.

Judge Jia M. Cobb of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said Trump’s move to oust Cook did not meet the standard of “professional neglect or wrongdoing,” in part because the alleged mortgage misstatements occurred in 2021—before Cook’s appointment to the Fed, according to New York Times.

“The best reading of the ‘for cause’ p