WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to resign, citing a call by the head of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency urging the Department of Justice to probe Cook over alleged mortgage fraud.

Spokespersons for the Fed and for Cook were not immediately available to respond to a request for comment.

“Cook must resign, now!!!” Trump wrote in a post on his social media platform in his latest comments aimed at reshaping the make-up of the U.S. central bank.

FHFA Director Bill Pulte made the allegations in a post on X earlier on Wednesday, saying Cook had designated a condo in Atlanta as her primary residence after taking a loan on her home in Michigan, which she also declared as a primary residence.

Pulte also posted a

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