Federal Reserve Bank Governor Lisa Cook has sued Donald Trump—and her own chairman Jerome Powell—over what she calls an “unprecedented and illegal” attempt to fire her.

In a dramatic escalation in the feud between the central bank’s first Black governor and the president, Cook filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging Trump’s attempt to remove her over unproven allegations of mortgage fraud.

The lawsuit also names the Federal Reserve Board and Powell as defendants, based on their “ability to take any action to effectuate President Trump’s purported termination of Governor Cook.

“This case challenges President Trump’s unprecedented and illegal attempt to remove Governor Cook from her position which, if allowed to occur, would be the first of its kind in the Board’s history,” says the lawsu

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