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Trump Official Lodges New Criminal Referral Against Fed Governor Lisa Cook | News Channel 3-12
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte filed a second criminal referral against Fed Governor Lisa Cook alleging mortgage fraud on a third property, while Cook challenges her firing in court.
- Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging President Donald Trump's attempt to fire her after criminal referrals were made against her.
- Trump's effort followed criminal referrals alleging Cook committed mortgage fraud by misrepresenting primary residences on mortgages for multiple properties including a Massachusetts condo.
- Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and a Trump appointee, described the new referral as "extremely troubling" and alleged false representations to the government by Cook while serving as Fed governor.
- Cook's attorney Abbe Lowell denied the validity of the allegations, calling them an "obvious smear campaign" aimed at discrediting Cook, who has not been charged with any crime.
- The lawsuit and referrals raise broader questions about the independence of the Federal Reserve, as the president cannot remove a member except "for cause" and the Fed has resisted Trump's repeated demands to cut interest rates.
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A 3rd Property!? Pulte Drops New Criminal Referral On Lisa Cook As Mortgage Scandal Widens - American Liberty News
Via Zero Hedge by Tyler Durden A third property? On Thursday night, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte dropped a second criminal referral against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook based on evidence that she entered into a 15-year mortgage on a third property which she listed as her “Second Home.” On an ethics […] The post A 3rd Property!? Pulte Drops New Criminal Referral On Lisa Cook As Mortgage Scandal Widens appeared f…
Trump official, head of FHFA, sends second criminal referral to Fed Reserve Governor Lisa Cook
The tax implications of these declarations are what make them problematic, and possibly mortgage fraud by claiming more than one residence as one’s principal residence.
Trump official issues second criminal referral for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook
Trump-appointed government official Bill Pulte fired off a second criminal referral letter targeting Federal Reserve System board of governors member Lisa Cook less than a month after his initial referral letter against her."As Director of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency," Pulte wrote in an Aug. 28 letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Special Attorney Edward Martin, "I reiterate the referral on August 15, 2025, and provide new inform…
The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Pulte, sent a new criminal complaint against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, thus stepping up the Trump administration’s lobbying campaign against her on charges of mortgage fraud. The new complaint, filed in a letter addressed to the U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on August 28, refers to a third property in Massachusetts and arises after a complaint filed earlier this month that Cook…
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