White House Revives Effort to Remove Fed Governor Cook Two Months After Supreme Court Blocked It

The White House notified Fed Governor Lisa Cook in early August 2026 that President Trump is "considering removing" her over mortgage-fraud allegations, reviving an effort the Supreme Court blocked in a 5-4 June ruling. The letter gives Cook three weeks to respond and asserts she can be removed at presidential discretion — a claim the Court rejected. Cook's lawyer called the allegations "as baseless now as they were a year ago."