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Cook’s attorney said the president has ‘no authority’ and ‘lacks any factual or legal basis’ to fire the Fed governor

The Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook will sue the Trump administration over its bid to fire her over unconfirmed allegations of mortgage fraud, her attorney has said.

Donald Trump announced he was firing Cook on Monday night, in an extraordinary move that marks the latest escalation in the US president’s attack on the central bank’s independence.

But Trump has “no authority” to remove her from the Fed’s board of governors, Cook’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, argued in a statement to reporters, saying: “His attempt to fire her, based solely on a referral letter, lacks any factual or legal basis. We will be filing a lawsuit challenging this illegal action.”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35049914

US President Donald Trump has said he plans to seek the death penalty for suspected murderers in Washington DC.

Speaking during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump said that the death penalty would be a "preventative" measure.

Hundreds of National Guard and federal law enforcement officers have been deployed to the US capital to combat what Trump has previously described as "complete and total lawlessness" in the city - a strategy he has hinted could be repeated in Chicago and other cities.

Washington's mayor, Muriel Bowser, has rejected the president's claims about crime, which has fallen in the city since spiking in 2023.

"If somebody kills somebody in the capital, Washington, DC, we're going to be seeking the death penalty," Trump told reporters and cabinet members. "And that's a very strong preventative."

cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/7377761

Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. told Capital B Atlanta Monday he’s willing to risk jail time to keep two 2020 election critics off the county elections board, if it comes to that. “I pray that it doesn’t come to that, but yes [I’m willing to go to jail],” Arrington told Capital B Atlanta. The […]

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