The surprise early resignation of former Fed Governor Adriana Kugler, another Biden pick, gives Trump an early opening to nominate someone to the central bank’s board and steer its monetary policy trajectory more toward his preferred path. He has named one of his economic aides, Stephen Miran, to fill the slot on an interim basis.

Fed governor Lisa D. Cook is being accused of mortgage fraud by Bill Pulte, who serves as Trump’s director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to resign, citing an allegation of potential mortgage fraud.

Philadelphia Fed researchers in a 2023 report assessed the number of “fraudulent investors” in the mortgage market, which they defined as those who had more than one owner-occupied home purchase loan within four quarters after the first one was originated.

The administration accused the official, Lisa Cook, of mortgage fraud and said it would refer the matter for criminal investigation.

While potential mortgage fraud is a serious offense, the use of a federal regulatory body to pursue a political appointee has been characterized as an even greater breach of public trust. A criminal referral for alleged mortgage fraud against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has ignited a firestorm,

Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director William Pulte on Wednesday accused Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a Biden appointee, of mortgage fraud. President Trump then demanded her resignation. Where this goes is hard to know, but it’s an ...