Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and attorney Abbe Lowell leave the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Attorneys for Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, told the White House in a letter that President Donald Trump has "no legal basis" to fire her.
The letter sent by attorneys Abbe Lowell and Norm Eisen on Wednesday argued that the grounds Trump has sought Cook's removal for do not rise to the level of justifying being fired.
Cook has been accused of committing mortgage fraud for incorrectly listing a property as a vacation home, which she said was done in error.
"An inadvertent error is not fraud, as the President and a third of his cabinet should know because they reportedly did the same thing," Cook's attorneys said in a statement. "These attacks on Governor Cook are not about real estate paperwork; they are an attempt by President Trump to force the Federal Reserve to bend to his will."
