A Trump administration housing official has sent a new criminal referral to the Justice Department against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, as she sues the administration to fight the president’s efforts to fire her.

The new criminal referral, made late Thursday and revealed in a social media post by Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte, alleges Cook identified a property in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a second home on official documents, but instead used it as an investment property.

Cook, the first Black woman to serve as a Fed governor, has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s firing of her earlier this week. A hearing on that suit is scheduled for Friday morning.

The battle over Cook’s job is about more than one position: The nation’s central bank o

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