President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’s ready to go to court to try and carry out his ordered firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook .

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Cook responded to Trump saying he’d terminate her by preparing a court challenge against what she called the president’s “illegal action.”

Asked about that during his Cabinet meeting , Trump was dismissive, offering, “You always have legal fights.”

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“She seems to have had an infraction, and you can’t have an infraction,” he added of Cook.

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