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Federal Reserve governor’s lawyer says Trump administration’s effort to fire her ‘lacks any factual or legal basis’ Lisa Cook to sue Trump over attempt to fire her Lev Menand, a law professor at Columbia law school, said Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve chief Lisa Cook is a “procedurally invalid removal under the statute”. Menand, who authored a book about the Fed’s actions during the coronavirus pandemic, also said for-cause firings are typically related to misconduct while in office, rather than based on private misconduct from before an official’s appointment. Continue reading...
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Original reporting: US news | The Guardian