(CNN) — A federal judge late Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook .

Judge Jia Cobb granted Cook’s request to stop the attempted firing.

Cobb, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, said on first look Cook’s claim that she was improperly fired is a valid one and that it violated her rights under the Fifth Amendment. At the same time, the judge, who sits on the federal bench in DC, said she believed the issue brings up new legal questions that need to be addressed over the long term.

“President Trump’s actions and Cook’s resulting legal challenge raise many serious questions of first impression that the Court believes will benefit from further briefing on a non-emergency timeline,” Cobb wrote. “However, at this preliminary stag

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