US Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook brought a lawsuit against President Donald Trump Thursday, contending that he illegally tried to remove her.

Cook brought the suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia after Trump attempted to fire her on Monday based on an allegation that Cook lied on a mortgage application. The complaint opened with a statement on the importance of the case, stating:

This case challenges President Trump’s unprecedented and illegal attempt to remove Governor Cook from her position which, if allowed to occur, would the first of its kind in the Board’s history. It would subvert the Federal Reserve Act (“FRA”), which explicitly requires a showing of “cause” for a Governor’s removal, which an unsubstantiated allegation about private mortgage appli

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