Lawyer for US Fed's Cook says allegations against her 'untried and unproven'
By Neil Roland ( August 27, 2026, 18:54 GMT | Insight) -- US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook's lawyer told the White House that its latest threat to oust her relies on "untried and unproven allegations of criminal wrongdoing." "Governor Cook has never committed mortgage fraud or any intentional wrongdoing, and there is no legally cognizable cause for removing her from the Federal Reserve Board," lawyer Abbe Lowell wrote in a letter. "An inadvertent oversight is not fraudulent or criminal."US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook's lawyer told the White House on Wednesday that its latest threat to oust her relies on "untried and unproven allegations of criminal wrongdoing."...
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