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Even CNN Admits Trump Had Cause to Fire
Fed Governor Lisa Cook

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 9/1/2025 4:11:17 PM

When President Trump fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook last month, the left erupted in outrage. Rep. Maxine Waters even suggested that Trump’s action could warrant removal from office under the 25th Amendment. But even CNN’s top legal analyst, Elie Honig, has poured cold water on the hysteria, making an ironclad case that Trump had clear cause to take action. “So, two things appear to be true at the same time,” Honig explained. “One, it seems quite clear that Donald Trump and Bill Pulte, who is the head of this housing finance agency, have targeted Lisa Cook. They want to remove her from the Fed because

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Reply 1 - Posted by: itsonlyme 9/1/2025 4:27:58 PM (No. 1998356)
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Older Lady 9/1/2025 4:42:30 PM (No. 1998358)
Outrage over everything Trump does or says. Never mind the facts. They don't matter to Democrats. You can bet it would have been a different story if a Republican had done the same thing.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: mobyclik 9/1/2025 4:51:14 PM (No. 1998362)
What a laundry list of disgusting waste! Isn't it amazing how the useless media completely lost interest in DOGE once Musk left? One would almost think they were more interested in destroying Musk than DOGE. They hated the fact that he was helping a Republican president, which is actually America he was helping. Can't have that.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Birddog 9/1/2025 5:15:45 PM (No. 1998368)
I'd also be asking the question...Where did the money come from to buy three houses in a three week period? Did each lender know about the other loans being taken out at the same time? Lump sum down payments and closing costs would have been substantial, and she had spent the prior year not "Teaching" at Michigan State(at whatever undisclosed salary that may have been), but rather working as a "Volunteer" on the Biden Transition team...six months after purchasing these three properties in three separate states, she was selected by Biden to the Chicago Fed Bank Board of directors...yet a 4th location, Where did/does she actually "Reside"? As a Fed Board member she makes $225k/yr, in her disclosure forms she claimed $50k in rental income from the "Condo", $4100/month? Must be a pretty large/nice place....right? The pictures I saw posted of the building do not suggest it is a particularly large or fancy building, nor location.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Birddog 9/1/2025 5:51:30 PM (No. 1998373)
oop...just checked another source, Cooks salary at Michigan State was $106,733.00. The three mortgages were/are Bank Fund Staff Federal Credit union 250k/500k/rental property 2.5%/15yr, Bank Fund staff Federal Credit union mortgage primary residence $550k/1Million 3.25%/30yr, Members First Mortgage primary residence $150-200,000, 2.875%/15yrs. Pretty doggone favorable rates, particularly for someone on leave/temporarily employed, declaring only occasional Honorarium, and teacher retirement income at that time..
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Birddog 9/1/2025 5:57:44 PM (No. 1998374)
In her amended filing there are also 28 stock holdings she had "inadvertently" neglected to mention on her prior disclosure forms.... https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf/PAS+Index/00A97044ED8C7B1A852589F4002EF0BF/$FILE/Lisa-Cook-2023-278.pdf
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Reply 7 - Posted by: stablemoney 9/1/2025 8:11:04 PM (No. 1998413)
Since Cook had primary residences, please check her voter registrations, and see how many states she voted in.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: mc squared 9/1/2025 8:48:50 PM (No. 1998443)
If Cook manages to prevail, imagine the mischief in the Fed Reserve if she's allowed to stay. IMHO, national security is at stake.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: doctorfixit 9/2/2025 4:07:48 AM (No. 1998533)
Is everyone in Washington DC running the same mortgage scam, or just Democrats?
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