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The government filed an emergency request after a lower court prevented the president from firing Ms. Cook as the case proceeds.
By Tony Romm and Colby Smith
The Trump administration on Thursday asked a federal appeals court to allow it to move ahead with firing Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, in an attempt to block her from taking part in the central bank’s meeting on interest rates next week.
The government filed its emergency request with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, two days after a lower court temporarily prevented President Trump from carrying out his plan to fire Ms. Cook over allegations that she falsified records on her mortgage applications.
