美联储理事库克驳斥特朗普政府再次解雇威胁

美联储理事莉萨·库克（Lisa Cook）致信白宫，驳斥特朗普政府再次试图解除其职务的威胁，称此举缺乏法律依据 1。本月早些时候，白宫一名助手曾要求库克在本周三前对此作出回应 1。

特朗普政府官员指控库克在抵押贷款申请中存在欺诈行为，称其将两处房产均申报为“主要居所” 1。库克否认了这些指控，表示她在部分文件中将其中一处房产称为“度假屋”，并未试图欺骗贷款机构 1。特朗普一年前曾首次试图以抵押贷款欺诈为由解雇库克，但美国最高法院裁定在案件诉讼期间库克可继续留任 1。最高法院的大法官们还表示，如果特朗普提供适当通知并给予库克申辩机会，他可以再次尝试解雇她 1。若特朗普能够解雇库克，他将有机会任命一名替代者，从而使其任命的官员在美联储理事会中占据多数席位 1。

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has pushed back against the Trump administration's latest attempt to remove her from the central bank's governing board, arguing in a letter to the White House that the effort lacks legal justification 1. The renewed push for her dismissal follows a Supreme Court ruling that allowed Cook to retain her position while the case is litigated, though the justices noted the president could try to fire her again if he provided proper notice and a chance to contest it 1. Earlier this month, a White House aide gave Cook until Wednesday to respond 1.

The administration's allegations center on claims that Cook committed mortgage fraud by declaring two homes as "primary residences" in mortgage applications 1. Cook has denied the accusations, stating that she referred to one of those two homes in some documents as a "vacation home" and had not sought to deceive lenders 1. Trump first sought to fire Cook a year ago over these allegations 1. If Trump is able to remove Cook, he could name a replacement and his appointees would gain a majority on the Fed's board 1.