The attacks are multiplying against Lisa Cook. The director of the Federal Housing Financing Agency of the United States, Bill Ablicte, said on Thursday, August 28, after submitting a second criminal complaint against the governor of the Federal Reserve (Fed), the American Central Bank. “Three blows and you are out of play,” he said. Bill Ablicte refers “to the law of the three crimes”, which establishes a prison sentence for life for recurrences in certain US states.
Donald Trump announced Lisa Cook “immediately” on Monday, August 25, after hiring a violent conflict with the Fed for several months. First black woman to sit in the Council of Governors of the Fed and appointed in 2022 by Joe Biden, the governor initiated a court to challenge her reference. She considers that the US president does not have a valid reason to say goodbye to her functions. A first audience opened this Friday, August 29.
Cook denounces “a defamation campaign”
At the same time, Lisa Cook is attacked by Bill Abundo, the head of the Federal Ministry of Housing Financing, which uses land records against her. Bill Ablicte accuses Lisa Cook of “false statements” about his home. “Today, the Federal Ministry of Housing of the United States has sent a second criminal complaint to Lisa D. Cook, with respect to a mortgage of a third property and alleged false statements,” said Bill pulte in X.
Specifically, he criticized him for having contracted a loan in 2021 to buy an apartment as a second house, and then have declared it as an investment. This would have “perhaps” obtaining your loan in more favorable conditions. Lisa Cook’s lawyer denounces an “obvious defamation campaign.”
The governor of the Federal Reserve believes that Donald Trump is trying to send it back because the American Central Bank refuses to reduce guide fees. This possible dismissal revives concerns about the independence of the Fed compared to the White House. No US president has fired a governor.
Source: BFM TV
