Donald Trump<\/a>‘s request that he be allowed to fire her pending the outcome of her lawsuit challenging her removal.<\/p>\n“The President’s stay application asks this Court to act on an emergency basis to eviscerate the independence of the Federal Reserve Board,” Cook’s lawyers wrote in a new filing with the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
Trump has asked the Supreme Court to lift lower court orders that block him from firing Cook while her suit plays out.<\/p>\n
The president said in late August that he was firing her because of allegations she committed mortgage fraud. She denies those claims.<\/p>\n
Earlier Thursday, a group that included every living former Federal Reserve chair, along with a number of former Treasury secretaries and former chairs of the White House Council of Economic Advisers urged the Supreme Court to deny Trump’s request to fire Cook for now.<\/p>\n
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