Trump Appeals Judge’s Decision to Keep Fed Governor Lisa Cook in Her Job

Trump Appeals Judge’s Decision to Keep Fed Governor Lisa Cook in Her Job

Tom Durante Sep 10th, 2025, 2:00 pm

(Mark Schiefelbein/Evan Vucci/AP photos)

President Donald Trump’s legal team has filed an appeal of a judge’s ruling to keep Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in her position after the commander in chief canned her last month.

Trump’s expected appeal landed on Wednesday, a day after U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb granted Cook’s request for a preliminary injunction to block her ouster as she goes to war against the Trump administration in court.

“PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that defendant Donald J. Trump hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia from this court’s Memorandum and Order granting a preliminary injunction to Plaintiff Lisa D. Co